We need food and water to live, but as we enter the dying process our bodies no longer need nourishment in the same way. Some people choose to stop eating in order to expedite the natural dying process, whereas other people’s bodies just simply become unable to swallow. Both instances can be very challenging for loved ones to accept.
Kim McCloskey, RN, BSN
When you can't love with food, love another way
Mohammad Afzal Khan, RN
Eating and drinking at the end of life
Gilbert Oakley, RN
A model stops eating and drinking
Vanessa Boyce, RN, CHPN
Food and the terminally ill
Yajaira Algarin-Martelly, RN
Reflections on my time working in the ED; hospice
Maureen Leahy, RN, BSN, MHA, CHPN
Working with the dying process rather than against it
