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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2002
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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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