Appropriate use of artificial nutrition and hydration - Fundamental principles and recommendations

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 2607-2612

  Casarett, David ^a,b   Kapo, Jennifer ^b   Caplan, Arthur ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DIARRHEA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDING APPARATUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL HEALTH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; XEROSTOMIA;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT RIGHTS; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 28944454415     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb052907     Document Type: Review

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