Open AccessWithholding or withdrawing artificial administration of food and fluids in nursing-home patients
Author(s) -
Bregje D. OnwuteakaPhilipsen
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/30.6.459
Subject(s) - medicine , artificial nutrition , nursing , administration (probate law) , nursing homes , family medicine , parenteral nutrition , intensive care medicine , political science , law
withholding or withdrawing artificial administration of food and fluids, especially in incompetent patients, has been the subject of turbulent discussions. Insight into this practice may be useful in the debate, and also in the development of guidelines.
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