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Discontinuation of total parenteral nutrition in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a Canadian perspective
- Source :
- Nutrition reviews. 52(8)
- Publication Year :
- 1994
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Abstract
- Provision of nourishment to terminally ill patients has been a controversial topic in clinical medicine. Determination of the limits of palliative care requires an understanding of the disease process, as well as the boundaries of patient self-determination. With the advent of living wills, the determination of the patient to limit care, including nutrition support, has become socially acceptable. Difficulties arise when there are differences of opinion between the caregiver and the patient. The solutions to these conflicts are often decided in the courtroom, as demonstrated by the Cruzan and Quinlan cases. Living wills are often written to prevent unnecessary financial burdens in hopeless situations. As well, financial considerations influence the decisions made by caregivers in providing care to terminally ill patients. The following case report illustrates the conflict between patient self-determination and limitation of care for financial reasons. The use of substituted judgment within the Canadian health care system and the role of team meetings to resolve ethical decisions are discussed.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Canada
Palliative care
Consensus
Patients
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Decision Making
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Living Wills
Resource Allocation
Health care rationing
Life Support Care
Nursing
Ethicists
Health care
HIV Seropositivity
medicine
Humans
Terminally Ill
Patient participation
Intensive care medicine
Ethics
Patient Care Team
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Terminal Care
Nutrition and Dietetics
Withholding Treatment
Health Care Rationing
business.industry
Nutritional Support
Palliative Care
Politics
Refusal to Treat
Drugs, Investigational
Prognosis
Dissent and Disputes
Euthanasia, Passive
Discontinuation
Group Processes
Patient Care
Empathy
Patient Participation
business
Medical Futility
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00296643
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nutrition reviews
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b377212333ab44c60be58a9200811e55