title: Patient-induced dehydration--can it ever be therapeutic?
authors.affiliation: VA Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003681:Dehydration / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000451:nursing; D011788:Quality of Life; D013727:Terminal Care; D016312:Treatment Refusal