By definition the demise of the patient is speeded up. Dehydrating and starving a patient will definitely hasten the time of the person's passing.
>>>By definition the demise of the patient is speeded up. Dehydrating and starving a patient will definitely hasten the time of the person’s passing<<<
My B-I-L was not dehydrated or starved in Hospice. He was conscious while under Hospice Care for three weeks and was provide sustenance during that time. He was given drugs for Pain but nothing to slow the progress of his Cancer.
Both my Aunt and Mother were unconscious when put in Hospice and passed away in just a few days.
It’s a tough call. Sometimes....in the natural progression of dying....the person will sometimes refuse eating/drinking. Not being withheld by a caretaker. But that is a debate for another thread.