Refusal of hydration and nutrition: irrelevance of the "artificial" vs "natural" distinction

Arch Intern Med. 2005 Dec;165(22):2574-6. doi: 10.1001/archinte.165.22.2574.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Dissent and Disputes
  • Fluid Therapy / ethics
  • Humans
  • Nutritional Support / ethics*
  • Persistent Vegetative State*
  • Right to Die / ethics
  • Right to Die / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Third-Party Consent / ethics
  • Third-Party Consent / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Treatment Refusal / ethics
  • Treatment Refusal / legislation & jurisprudence
  • United States
  • Value of Life
  • Withholding Treatment / ethics
  • Withholding Treatment / legislation & jurisprudence*