The Ethics of Withholding/Withdrawing Nutrition and Hydration

Artificial nutrition and hydration: science, ethics and law.

The scientific knowledge base for feeding following stroke is poor. It is unknown whether early nutritional support improves mortality and dependency. Optimal technique for feeding is also unclear, ie nasogastric (NG) tube or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). These questions are being addressed by the Feed Or Ordinary Diet (FOOD) trial for which recruitment is ongoing. Complications of...

Nutrition and Hydration

Introduction Adequate nutrition and hydration are vital for survival. However either or both can be at risk after stroke due directly to the stroke sequelae and also due to this being a vulnerable population with increased rates of premorbid nutrition and hydration issues. Malnutrition is reported to be common after stroke, with Australian data suggesting that between 16 and 19% of people admit...

Palliative care ethics: non-provision of artificial nutrition and hydration to terminally ill sedated patients.

The milk and the honey: ethics of artificial nutrition and hydration of the elderly on the other side of Europe.

Many health problems that elderly people face today relate not only to the nature of their affliction but also to the kind of treatment required. Such treatment often includes artificial nutrition and hydration, (ANH) a procedure which, despite its technical and invasive character, is still considered to be vested with symbolic meanings. It is precisely during the efforts to reach a legal conse...

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از محوری ترین اثراتی که یک فیلم سینمایی ایجاد می کند دیالوگ هایی است که هنرپیش گان فیلم میگویند. به زعم یک فیلم ساز, یک شیوه متأثر نمودن مخاطب از اثر منظوره نیروی گفتارهای گوینده, مثل نیروی عاطفی, ترس آور, غم انگیز, هیجان انگیز و غیره, است. این مطالعه به بررسی این مسأله مبادرت کرده است که آیا نیروی فراگفتاری هنرپیش گان به مثابه ی اعمال گفتاری در پنج فیلم هالیوودی در نسخه های دوبله شده باز تولید...