Clinical and ethical considerations of fluid and electrolyte management in the terminally ill client

Journal of Intravenous Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-47

  Welk, Thomas A ^a  

^a Hospice Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PATIENT SELECTION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 0032907870     PISSN: 08965846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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