The medical provision of hydration and nutrition: Two very different outcomes in Victoria and Florida
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01/02/2004
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Decisions to withhold or withdraw medical hydration and nutrition are amongst the most difficult that confront patients and their families, medical<br />and other health professionals all over the world. This article discusses two cases relating to lawful withdrawal and withholding of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube (PEG) from incompetent patients with no hope of recovery. Victoria and Florida have statutory frameworks that provide for advance directives, however in both Gardner; Re BWV and Schindler v Schiavo; Re Scliiavo the respective patients did not leave documented instructions. The article analyses the two cases and their outcomes from legal, medical and ethical perspectives. |
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eng |
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Lawbook Co |
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http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30002641/Mendelson_GARDNER_medicalprovision_2004.pdf http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30002641/n20040885.pdf http://legalonline.thomson.com.au/jour/resultDetailed.jsp?curRequestedHref=journals/JLM/volumes/11/parts/3&contentSourceHref=journals/JLM/volumes/11/parts/3/articles/282/fulltext&tocType=fullText&hitListPageContext=http://legalonline.thomson.com.au/jour/resultSummary.jsp?curRequestedHref=journals/JLM/volumes/11/parts/3___tocType=fullText___sortBy=articleDate&searchId=17&hit=5&hits=14&articleType=fulltext&titleCode=Tmpohantvdoivaf |
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2004, Thomson & Legal Regulatory Ltd |
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Journal Article |