Feeding Methods - Ethics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Clinical report--Forgoing medically provided nutrition and hydration in children.

25 Jul 2009 There is broad consensus that withholding or withdrawing medical interventions is morally permissible when requested by competent patients or, in the case of patients without decision-making capacity, when the interventions no longer confer a ... Read more...

Unnecessary time pressure in refusal of life-sustaining therapies: fear of missing the opportunity to die.

30 Mar 2009 During an illness requiring brief use of life-sustaining therapy (LST), patients and surrogates sometimes feel that LST must be withdrawn before it becomes unnecessary to avoid later being stuck living in a debilitated condition that the patient ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Feeding Methods - Ethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Clinical report--Forgoing medically provided nutrition and hydration in children. 25 Jul 2009
• A Jewish perspective on the refusal of life-sustaining therapies: culture as shaping bioethical discourse. 30 Mar 2009
• The straight route to withholding hand-feeding and hydration. 30 Mar 2009
• End-of-life treatment decisions: the opportunity to care. 30 Mar 2009
• Unnecessary time pressure in refusal of life-sustaining therapies: fear of missing the opportunity to die. 30 Mar 2009
• Response to open peer commentaries for "Unnecessary time pressure in refusal of life-sustaining therapies". 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Feeding Methods'

Definition: Methods of giving food to humans or animals.

Descriptor UI: D005248

Alternative terms: Feeding Methods; Feeding Method; Method, Feeding; Methods, Feeding;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.421;

History Note: 98; use explode 1970-97

Technical Notes: human & animal; GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics