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Eating and drinking interventions for people at risk of lacking decision-making capacity: who decide...

Eating and drinking interventions for people at risk of lacking decision-making capacity: who decide...

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Eating and drinking interventions for people at risk of lacking decision-making capacity: who decides and how?

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Eating and drinking interventions for people at risk of lacking decision-making capacity: who decides and how?

Publisher

England: BioMed Central Ltd

Journal title

BMC medical ethics, 2015-06, Vol.16 (1), p.41-41, Article 41

Language

English

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Publisher

England: BioMed Central Ltd

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Some people with progressive neurological diseases find they need additional support with eating and drinking at mealtimes, and may require artificial nutrition and hydration. Decisions concerning artificial nutrition and hydration at the end of life are ethically complex, particularly if the individual lacks decision-making capacity. Decisions may...

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Full title

Eating and drinking interventions for people at risk of lacking decision-making capacity: who decides and how?

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4462006

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4462006

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ISSN

1472-6939

E-ISSN

1472-6939

DOI

10.1186/s12910-015-0034-8

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