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End-of-Life Care in the Setting of Cancer: Withdrawing Nutrition and Hydration
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Title End-of-Life Care in the Setting of Cancer: Withdrawing Nutrition and Hydration
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/8617?src=rss
Description Is it euthanasia when artificial nutrition and hydration are withheld or withdrawn? Can patients refuse life-sustaining treatments? Will patients improve once nutrition is provided? Medscape Nurses
Category Articles > Critical Care
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Date Jan 30, 2008
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