Position of the American Dietetic Association: Ethical and legal issues in nutrition, hydration, and feeding

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 716-726

  Maillet, Julie O'Sullivan ^a   Potter, Robert L ^b   Heller, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Midwest Bioethics Center   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BENEFICENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIETITIAN; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFESPAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICARE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; ARTICLE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DIETETICS; FLUID THERAPY; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; DIETETICS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FLUID THERAPY; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIETIES; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; VALUE OF LIFE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0036580844     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90163-X     Document Type: Article

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