[Is dehydration an ethical problem?].
In the paper, issues connected with chronic dehydration were discussed from the point of view of medical ethics. Rudimentary definitions concerning the issues were mentioned. An attempt was made at analysing critically the views on chronic voluntary dehydration as a possible form of causing death. Some pathophysiological and psychopathological aspects were discussed. "The pyramid" of physician doubts were presented.
Marczewski
Krzysztof
K
Zakład Etyki Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie.
Czernikiewicz
Andrzej
A
Sak
Jarosław Jerzy
JJ
Kwiecińska
Anna
A
Mourad
Ahmad
A
D003681:Dehydration; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D033101:Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary / Q000941:ethics* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010819:Physician's Role; D011044:Poland; D011639:Public Opinion; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000941:ethics*; D016312:Treatment Refusal; D028761:Withholding Treatment