Nutrition and hydration in the end-of-life care: ethical issues

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Autor(a) principal: Pinho-Reis,Cíntia
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Sarmento,António, Capelas,Manuel Luís
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2183-59852018000400007
Resumo: The last decades brought huge advances in medical technology and pharmacology. One area that reflects this progress has been the administration of nutrition and hydration. These are controversial therapies at the end of life, especially when administered by artificial means. The objective of this review was to discuss and comprehend the current and global knowledge about ethical issues related to food, nutrition and hydration in the end-of-life care. The problematic situations analyzed include: advanced directives, the concept of basic human care or treatment, the meaning of food and fluids, the withholding and withdrawing of nutrition and hydration, risks and benefits of nutritional support and the concept of voluntary stopping eating and drinking.
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title Nutrition and hydration in the end-of-life care: ethical issues
spellingShingle Nutrition and hydration in the end-of-life care: ethical issues
Pinho-Reis,Cíntia
Artificial hydration
Artificial nutrition
End of life
Ethics
Oral feeding
Palliative care
title_short Nutrition and hydration in the end-of-life care: ethical issues
title_full Nutrition and hydration in the end-of-life care: ethical issues
title_fullStr Nutrition and hydration in the end-of-life care: ethical issues
title_full_unstemmed Nutrition and hydration in the end-of-life care: ethical issues
title_sort Nutrition and hydration in the end-of-life care: ethical issues
author Pinho-Reis,Cíntia
author_facet Pinho-Reis,Cíntia
Sarmento,António
Capelas,Manuel Luís
author_role author
author2 Sarmento,António
Capelas,Manuel Luís
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pinho-Reis,Cíntia
Sarmento,António
Capelas,Manuel Luís
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Artificial hydration
Artificial nutrition
End of life
Ethics
Oral feeding
Palliative care
topic Artificial hydration
Artificial nutrition
End of life
Ethics
Oral feeding
Palliative care
description The last decades brought huge advances in medical technology and pharmacology. One area that reflects this progress has been the administration of nutrition and hydration. These are controversial therapies at the end of life, especially when administered by artificial means. The objective of this review was to discuss and comprehend the current and global knowledge about ethical issues related to food, nutrition and hydration in the end-of-life care. The problematic situations analyzed include: advanced directives, the concept of basic human care or treatment, the meaning of food and fluids, the withholding and withdrawing of nutrition and hydration, risks and benefits of nutritional support and the concept of voluntary stopping eating and drinking.
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