The case of a demented elderly patient (Mr. H) whose family requests the withdrawal of nutrition/hydration: responses.
D016223:Advance Directives; D000368:Aged; D001290:Attitude; D003142:Communication; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D003242:Conscience; D003704:Dementia; D003933:Diagnosis; D030881:Disclosure; D004467:Economics; D017041:Ethics Committees; D028741:Ethics Committees, Clinical; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D005190:Family; D005610:Freedom; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D016743:Mental Competency; D009042:Motivation; D009726:Nurses; D018529:Nutritional Support; D018579:Patient Selection; D010361:Patients; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010820:Physicians; D011788:Quality of Life; D012297:Right to Die; D012306:Risk; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012945:Social Values; D020458:Third-Party Consent; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D028761:Withholding Treatment
Death and Euthanasia