Ethical conflicts in long-term care of aged patients: analysis of the tube-feeding decision by means of a teleological ethical model

Ethics Sci Med. 1980;7(3-4):141-5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged*
  • Decision Making
  • Dementia / therapy
  • Enteral Nutrition*
  • Ethics*
  • Euthanasia, Passive*
  • Humans
  • Long-Term Care*
  • Nutritional Support
  • Patient Care Planning*
  • Patient Care Team
  • Philosophy
  • Quality of Life*
  • Value of Life
  • Water Deprivation
  • Withholding Treatment