Med. Pro Praxi 2009; 6(5): 276-278

Palliative care

MUDr. Zuzana Grofová
Nutriční a dietologické oddělení, Pradubická krajská nemocnice, a.s

Incurably ill patients are provided palliative care including a proper hydration and nutrition. A nutritional support is focused on a prevention

of undernutrition based complications and leads to maintaining of a quality of life. Nutritional support differs in a palliative and

a terminal care. A peroral food is stressed as a basic approach. All kinds of a nutritional support can be used including artificial nutrition

which is however considered to be a treatment that can be ceased if it brings no more benefits to patients. Ethical aspects in palliative

care are based on common ethic principles and on a current level of knowledge.

Keywords: palliative care, oral nutritional supplements, enteral feeding, PEG, terminal care, ethics of an artificial nutrition.

Published: December 1, 2009  Show citation

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