Should Nutrition and Hydration be Provided to Permanently Comatose and Other Mentally Disabled Persons?

Designing Software for Mentally Disabled Persons

Different types of software applications for mentally disabled persons are presented here, with their advantages and drawbacks. The specification of an authoring system is emphasized in this paper, as work is currently in progress to develop such a system in our university.

Tort Responsibility of Mentally Disabled Persons

Should Clinical Services Provided by Pharmacists be Compensated?

Should Clinical Services Provided by Pharmacists be Compensated?

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

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 benefit to the patient or when the burdens associated with the interventions outweigh the benefits received. The withdrawal or withholding of measures suc...