Introducing enteral nutrition support: ethical considerations.
This article explores the potential benefits of, or problems associated with, the insertion of a feeding tube to commence enteral nutrition. Some of the issues that may arise when a patient is no longer able to meet their nutritional needs orally are discussed.
Nutrition and Dietetic Department, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester. carolyn.best@wehct.nhs.uk
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D016223:Advance Directives; D026686:Beneficence; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000941:ethics* / Q000451:nursing; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D016743:Mental Competency; D026684:Personal Autonomy