The Ethics of Withdrawing Artificial Food and Fluid from Terminally Ill Patients: an end-of-life dilemma for Japanese nurses and families

End-of-life issues have become an urgent problem in Japan, where people are among the longest lived in the world and most of them die while connected to high-technology medical equipment. This study examines a sensitive end-of-life ethical issue that concerns patients, families and nurses: the withd...

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Authors: Konishi, Emiko (Author) ; J Davis, Anne (Author) ; Aiba, Toshiaki (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2002
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2002, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-19
Further subjects:B withdrawing artificial food and fluid
B terminally ill patients
B Family
B Japanese nurses
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