کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3254138 1207181 2014 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Artificial nutrition at the end of life: Ethical issues
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
تغذیه مصنوعی در پایان زندگی: مسائل اخلاقی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی غدد درون ریز، دیابت و متابولیسم
چکیده انگلیسی

Artificial nutrition is a medical treatment that first of all needs a sound scientific base before prescribing it. This base is absent for dying patients and patients in the end stage of dementia. Because feeding is a very emotional and symbolical issue, patient and family may request this treatment despite the lack of evidence. These issues should be addressed in good communication with patient and relatives. For comatose patients and patients in a persistent vegetative state artificial nutrition is a necessary support to bridge the time until either recovery is imminent or improbable. At that moment artificial nutrition no longer contributes to the life of the patient and should be ceased. Artificial nutrition has no place in patients that voluntary decide to stop eating and drinking in order to die.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology - Volume 28, Issue 2, April 2014, Pages 247–253
نویسندگان
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