Case Reports
. 1994 Sep;20(3):139-43; discussion 144-5.
doi: 10.1136/jme.20.3.139.
On withholding nutrition and hydration in the terminally ill: has palliative medicine gone too far?
- PMID: 7527863
- PMCID: PMC1376497
- DOI: 10.1136/jme.20.3.139
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On withholding nutrition and hydration in the terminally ill: has palliative medicine gone too far?
J Med Ethics.
1994 Sep.
Abstract
This paper explores ethical issues relating to the management of patients who are terminally ill and unable to maintain their own nutrition and hydration. A policy of sedation without hydration or nutrition is used in palliative medicine under certain circumstances. The author argues that this policy is dangerous, medically, ethically and legally, and can be disturbing for relatives. The role of the family in management is discussed. This issue requires wide debate by the public and the profession.
Comment in
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Nutrition, dehydration and the terminally ill.J Med Ethics. 1995 Feb;21(1):55. doi: 10.1136/jme.21.1.55. J Med Ethics. 1995. PMID: 7776351 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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Palliative care ethics: non-provision of artificial nutrition and hydration to terminally ill sedated patients.J Med Ethics. 1994 Sep;20(3):131-2, 187. doi: 10.1136/jme.20.3.131. J Med Ethics. 1994. PMID: 7996556 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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