Parenteral nutrition: ethical and legal considerations
| Autor: | Simon M. Gabe, D A J Lloyd, G M Sayers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Parenteral Nutrition Legislation Medical business.industry Public health Legislation General Medicine Ethicolegal Life Support Care Treatment Refusal Parenteral nutrition Risk Factors Intestinal failure Life Prolongation Medicine Health Resources Humans Third-Party Consent Bioethical Issues business Intensive care medicine Medical Futility |
| Zdroj: | Postgraduate medical journal. 82(964) |
| ISSN: | 1469-0756 |
| Popis: | Parenteral nutrition is an expensive therapeutic modality that is used to treat patients with intestinal failure. The benefit it offers in terms of life prolongation needs to be weighed against its risks and burdens. Through the use of descriptive clinical vignettes, this article illustrates the ethical and legal principles that underpin decisions to administer and, more importantly, to withhold or withdraw parenteral nutrition. |
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