Food and fluids in dying patients: some thoughts after the death of a patient.

D Cameron

Food and fluids in dying patients: some thoughts after the death of a patient.

D Cameron Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Pretoria University.

Abstract

Death is inevitable but modern medicine has the skill and the facilities to delay its arrival. A case is made out for a radical rethink of the approach to the use of fluids and food in the terminal dying patient in hospital. (SA Fam Pract 2004;46(4): 06-07)

Author Biography

D Cameron, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Pretoria University.

MB ChB, M Prax Med, M Phil (Palliative Medicine).

Published

2004-05-01

Issue

Vol 46, No 4 - May 2004

Section

Forum

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