ArticleJournal of medical ethics1996
On withholding artificial hydration and nutrition from terminally ill sedated patients. The debate continues.
Article in Journal of medical ethics, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ethical considerations in the relief of cancer pain.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Review
- A survey of the sedation practice of Portuguese palliative care teams.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2012Article
- Ethical decision making with end-of-life care: palliative sedation and withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatments.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2010Review
- Practical guide to palliative sedation.Current oncology reports · 2002Review
- The status of the do-not-resuscitate order in Chinese clinical trial patients in a cancer centre.Journal of medical ethics · 1999Article
- Autonomy and paternalism in geriatric medicine. The Jewish ethical approach to issues of feeding terminally ill patients, and to cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Journal of medical ethics · 1998Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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Abstract
The author reviews and continues the debate initiated by her recent paper in this journal. The paper was critical of certain aspects of palliative medicine, and caused Ashby and Stoffell to modify the framework they proposed in 1991. It now takes account of the need for artificial hydration to satisfy thirst, or other symptoms due to lack of fluid intake in the terminally ill. There is also a more positive attitude to the emotional needs and ethical views of the patient's family and care-givers. However, clinical concerns about the general reluctance to use artificial hydration in terminal care remain, and doubts persist about the ethical and legal arguments used by some palliative medicine specialists and others, to justify their approach. Published contributions to the debate to date, in professional journals, are reviewed. Key statements relating to the care of sedated terminally ill patients are discussed, and where necessary criticised.
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