The milk and the honey: Ethics of artificial nutrition and hydration of the elderly on the other side of Europe

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 447-450

  Garanis Papadatos, Tina ^a,b   Katsas, Aristotle ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artificial nutrition and hydration; Autonomy; Human rights; Persistent vegetative state

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HYDRATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033404936     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.25.6.447     Document Type: Article

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