Nutritional support at the end of life: The relevant ethical issues

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 383-388

  Jones, Barry J M ^a  

^a RUSSELLS HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; End of life; Ethics; Hydration; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMENTIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFORMED CONSENT; JEJUNOSTOMY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH TUBE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; DEMENTIA; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34247140873     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3280bdc043     Document Type: Review

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