《斷食善終》作者畢柳鶯，深受啟發、鄭重推薦——這是一本探討「自主斷食，善終選擇」的聖經等級著作、實用級教科書。當疾病已到不可復原，身心痛苦無法忍受時，病人可不可以自主選擇斷食往生？自主斷食算不算「自殺」？醫護人員該不該參與其中，讓過程更平順、更安詳？8個美國案例，4項關鍵議題（臨床、倫理、法律、機構），完整呈現美國有關「自主斷食」的完善評估程序、醫療準則，和臨終照顧。新光醫院神經科主治醫師、臺灣大學醫學系副教授 汪漢澄——專業翻譯特別推薦——吳育政／大林慈濟醫院麻醉醫師李柏翰／臺灣大學全球衛生學程助理教授．法律白話文運動資深編輯常佑康／台北慈濟醫院預立醫療照護諮商門診醫師畢恆達／臺灣大學建築與城鄉研究所教授賴其萬／和信醫院醫學教育講座教授羅耀明／生死關懷教育推廣協會副理事長（依姓氏筆劃排序）／／／什麼是「自主斷食」？當病人沒有問到關於自主斷食的...

In the 21st century, people in the developed world are living longer. They hope they will have a healthy longer life and then die relatively quickly and peacefully. But frequently that does not happen. While people are living healthy a little longer, they tend to live sick for a lot longer. And at the end of being sick before dying, they and their families are frequently faced with daunting decisions about whether to continue life prolonging medical treatments or whether ...