artificial nutrition

collocation in English

meaningsofartificialandnutrition

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artificial
adjective
uk
/ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/ˌɑːr.t̬əˈfɪʃ.əl/
made by people, often as a copy of ...
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nutrition
noun[U]
uk
/njuːˈtrɪʃ.ən/us
/nuːˈtrɪʃ.ən/
the substances that you take into your body as food and the way that they influence ...
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Discomfort in nursing home patients with severe dementia in whomartificialnutritionand hydration is forgone.
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She was a patient in a state-owned long-term care facility where her life was sustained by means ofartificialnutritionand hydration.
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Such language implies that there are situations where the presumption on the use ofartificialnutritionand hydration is reputable.
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The withdrawal ofartificialnutritionsupport in this setting also raises legal and ethical issues.
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As opposed to discontinuingartificialnutritionand hydration, this is a terminal patient's desire to stop eating and drinking to hasten their death.
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Individual decision experiences, usually related to life-sustaining interventions such asartificialnutritionand hydration, for hospitalized patients were the focus of this study.
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Among them was the legitimacy of the vegetative state as a diagnostic category and whetherartificialnutritionand hydration should be construed as a life-sustaining therapy at all.
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Artificialnutritionand hydration are a form of medical treatment and are subject to the same principles as those governing medical treatment.
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Under current case law, ifartificialnutritionand hydration is agreed to be not in the best interest of a patient, continuing that is unlawful.
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Competent adults have the right under common law to give or withhold consent to treatment, including the use ofartificialnutritionand hydration.
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One of those relates to the withdrawal ofartificialnutritionand hydration from a patient in a persistent vegetative state.
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One of these relates to the withdrawal ofartificialnutritionand hydration from a patient in a persistent vegetative state.
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The first is whetherartificialnutritionand hydration can be non-beneficial.
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Under the current case law, ifartificialnutritionand hydration is agreed not to be in the best interests of the patient, to continue with it is unlawful.
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Just as dialysis to overcome kidney failure is medical treatment, so areartificialnutritionand hydration, which are used to overcome failure of some part of the digestive system.
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His body was being kept alive byartificialnutrition, hydration and excellent nursing.
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Artificialnutritionneither prolongs life nor improves its quality in patients with advanced dementia.
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In each case, loved ones of the patients went to court in order for their family member to be allowed to die without being kept alive byartificialnutrition.
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