Ethical and legal points of view in parenteral nutrition – Guidelines on Parenteral Nutrition, Chapter 12

Ethical and legal points of view in parenteral nutrition – Guidelines on Parenteral Nutrition, Chapter 12

Adequate nutrition is a part of medical treatment and is influenced by ethical and legal considerations. Patients, who cannot be sufficiently fed via the gastrointestinal tract, have the fundamental right to receive PN (parenteral nutrition) even so patients who are unable to give their consent. Gen...

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Main Authors: Rothaermel, S., Working group for developing the guidelines for parenteral nutrition of The German Association for Nutritional Medicine, Zuercher, G., Wehkamp, K. H., Frewer, A., Bockenheimer-Lucius, G., Bischoff, S. C.
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2009-11-01
Series:GMS German Medical Science
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/gms/2009-7/000075.shtml

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