“Terminal Anorexia”: An Invalid Construct That Does Not Justify Medical Aid in Dying - News Summed Up

“Terminal Anorexia”: An Invalid Construct That Does Not Justify Medical Aid in Dying


Guarda AS, Hanson A, Mehler P, Westmoreland P. Terminal anorexia nervosa is a dangerous term: it cannot, and should not, be defined. Westmoreland P, Mehler P, Brandt H. Terminal anorexia is dangerous justification for aid in dying. Inaccessibility of care and inequitable conceptions of suffering: a collective response to the construction of “terminal” anorexia nervosa. Elwyn R. A lived experience response to the proposed diagnosis of terminal anorexia nervosa: learning from iatrogenic harm, ambivalence and enduring hope. Gregertsen EC, Mandy W, Serpell L. The egosyntonic nature of anorexia: an impediment to recovery in anorexia nervosa treatment.


Source: CBC News October 11, 2023 16:03 UTC



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