TY - JOUR
T1 - Artificial nutrition and hydration at the end of life
AU - Heuberger, Roschelle A.
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - Considerable controversy surrounds the issue of care at the end of life (EOL) for older adults. Technological advances and the legal, ethical, clinical, religious, cultural, personal, and fiscal considerations in the provision of artificial hydration and nutrition support to older adults near death are presented in this comprehensive review.
AB - Considerable controversy surrounds the issue of care at the end of life (EOL) for older adults. Technological advances and the legal, ethical, clinical, religious, cultural, personal, and fiscal considerations in the provision of artificial hydration and nutrition support to older adults near death are presented in this comprehensive review.
KW - Artificial hydration
KW - End of life
KW - Nutrition support
KW - Older adult
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78649472162&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01639366.2010.521020
DO - 10.1080/01639366.2010.521020
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21104509
AN - SCOPUS:78649472162
SN - 0163-9366
VL - 29
SP - 347
EP - 385
JO - Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly
JF - Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly
IS - 4
ER -