Liaschenko J, Davis A J
University of California, San Francisco 94284.
J Med Philos. 1991 Jun;16(3):259-83. doi: 10.1093/jmp/16.3.259.
During the last decade, several court cases have focused attention on the moral and legal aspects of withholding or withdrawing food and fluids from certain patients. The courts have not been unanimous in their judgements on these matters. In attempting to explore this issue, this article reviews both the nursing and medical literature on the withdrawing and withholding of food and fluids with particular attention to empirical studies. Several themes which emerge from the literature are used to explore the similarities and differences between the practices of nursing and medicine where nutritional support is concerned.
在过去十年中，几起法庭案件将人们的注意力聚焦于对某些患者停止提供或撤除食物和液体所涉及的道德及法律层面。法庭在这些问题上的判决并不一致。为探讨这一问题，本文回顾了关于停止提供和撤除食物与液体的护理及医学文献，尤其关注实证研究。从文献中浮现出的几个主题被用于探究在营养支持方面护理与医疗实践之间的异同。
