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The medical provision of hydration and nutrition: Two very different outcomes in Victoria and Florida
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posted on 2004-02-01, 00:00 authored by Danuta MendelsonDanuta Mendelson, M AshbyDecisions to withhold or withdraw medical hydration and nutrition are amongst the most difficult that confront patients and their families, medical
and other health professionals all over the world. This article discusses two cases relating to lawful withdrawal and withholding of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube (PEG) from incompetent patients with no hope of recovery. Victoria and Florida have statutory frameworks that provide for advance directives, however in both Gardner; Re BWV and Schindler v Schiavo; Re Scliiavo the respective patients did not leave documented instructions. The article analyses the two cases and their outcomes from legal, medical and ethical perspectives.
and other health professionals all over the world. This article discusses two cases relating to lawful withdrawal and withholding of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube (PEG) from incompetent patients with no hope of recovery. Victoria and Florida have statutory frameworks that provide for advance directives, however in both Gardner; Re BWV and Schindler v Schiavo; Re Scliiavo the respective patients did not leave documented instructions. The article analyses the two cases and their outcomes from legal, medical and ethical perspectives.
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Journal of law and medicineVolume
11Issue
3Pagination
282 - 291Publisher
Lawbook CoLocation
North Ryde, NSWISSN
1320-159XLanguage
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2004, Thomson & Legal Regulatory LtdUsage metrics
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