@article{ref1,
title="IV hydration in the terminally ill: ritual or therapy?",
journal="British journal of nursing",
year="1996",
author="Fox, E. T.",
volume="5",
number="1",
pages="41-45",
abstract="The management of dehydration is both a clinical and an ethical problem. Artificial hydration may increase pharyngeal and pulmonary secretions, which causes a choking sensation, nausea and vomiting. Food and fluid have a strong social, cultural, religious and psychological significance. Competent nursing requires expert knowledge and moral skill. The interests of the patient must always be paramount. An ethical decision-making framework provides a systematic approach to ethical problems.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0966-0461",
doi="10.12968/bjon.1996.5.1.41",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjon.1996.5.1.41"
}