For those not aware, there are tremendous health benefits to a whole food plant-based diet. (See books like The China Study or websites like nutritionfacts.org for those who aren't aware).
When I see patients in nursing homes, unless I'm mistaken, the institution and family make medical decisions for the patient in cases where the patient has dementia, Alzheimers, or some similar issues that stop them from functioning properly... perhaps in consultation with a doctor or nurse... administering drugs and that sort of thing in a nursing home setting.
Bearing this in mind, and the tremendous healing power of a whole food plant-based diet, does it seem ethical to have nursing homes that mandate patients consume a whole food plant-based diet (vegan, essentially) in order to keep them healthy?
If it's ethical for nursing homes to give a patient drugs regardless of what the patient thinks of it under some circumstances because of the medical benefits of the drug; why would it be unethical to have nursing homes that feed an exclusively whole food plant-based diet to the patients for the medical benefits the diet has to offer?
One could probably make similar arguments in favor of a generally vegan diet in nursing homes...
When I see patients in nursing homes, unless I'm mistaken, the institution and family make medical decisions for the patient in cases where the patient has dementia, Alzheimers, or some similar issues that stop them from functioning properly... perhaps in consultation with a doctor or nurse... administering drugs and that sort of thing in a nursing home setting.
Bearing this in mind, and the tremendous healing power of a whole food plant-based diet, does it seem ethical to have nursing homes that mandate patients consume a whole food plant-based diet (vegan, essentially) in order to keep them healthy?
If it's ethical for nursing homes to give a patient drugs regardless of what the patient thinks of it under some circumstances because of the medical benefits of the drug; why would it be unethical to have nursing homes that feed an exclusively whole food plant-based diet to the patients for the medical benefits the diet has to offer?
One could probably make similar arguments in favor of a generally vegan diet in nursing homes...