ESPEN guideline on ethical aspects of artificial nutrition and hydration

The worldwide debate over the use of artificial nutrition and hydration remains controversial although the scientific and medical facts are unequivocal. Artificial nutrition and hydration are a medical intervention, requiring an indication, a therapeutic goal and the will (consent) of the competent...

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Published in:	Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 545 - 556
Main Authors:	Druml, Christiane, Ballmer, Peter E., Druml, Wilfred, Oehmichen, Frank, Shenkin, Alan, Singer, Pierre, Soeters, Peter, Weimann, Arved, Bischoff, Stephan C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2016
Subjects:	Adult adults Artificial nutrition bioethics caregivers Culturally Competent Care - ethics Culturally Competent Care - legislation & jurisprudence Culturally Competent Care - standards Culture and religion dementia Dietetics Enteral nutrition Ethics and law Europe Evidence-Based Medicine Fluid Therapy - adverse effects Fluid Therapy - ethics Fluid Therapy - nursing Fluid Therapy - standards Gastroenterology and Hepatology guidelines Humans hunger Hydration Legislation, Medical medical treatment medicine nursing care nutrition Nutritional Support - adverse effects Nutritional Support - ethics Nutritional Support - nursing Nutritional Support - standards Palliative Care - ethics Palliative Care - legislation & jurisprudence Palliative Care - standards Parenteral nutrition Patient Acceptance of Health Care patients Personal Autonomy physicians Precision Medicine Professional-Family Relations - ethics Professional-Patient Relations - ethics Quality of Life religion Societies, Scientific surveys Terminal Care - ethics Terminal Care - legislation & jurisprudence Terminal Care - standards Withholding Treatment - ethics Withholding Treatment - legislation & jurisprudence Withholding Treatment - standards Parenteral nutrition Artificial nutrition Ethics and law Enteral nutrition Hydration Culture and religion
ISSN:	0261-5614, 1532-1983, 1532-1983
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