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Helping the patient with reduced hydration/nutrition 4: Decisions in hydration
and nutrition

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Journal articles

Burge FI. Dehydration and provision of fluids in palliative care. What is the evidence?. Canadian Family Physician. 1996: 42:2383-8.

Burnham P. Nourishing knowledge. Nursing Times, 1996; 92: 78-9

Dunphy K. Finlay I. Rathbone G. Gilbert J. Hicks F. Rehydration in palliative and terminal care: if not--why not? Palliative Medicine. 1995: 9(3):221-8.

Fainsinger RL, Bruera E.  When to treat dehydration in a terminally patient?  Supportive Care in Cancer  1997; 5: 205 - 211.

Fainsinger RL, MacEachern T, Miller MJ Bruera E. Spachynski K. Kuehn N. Hanson J.  The use of hypodermoclysis for rehydration in terminally ill cancer patients. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 1994; 9: 298 - 302.

Grindel CG, Whitner K, Barsevick A. Quality of life and nutritional support in patients with cancer. Cancer Practitioner, 1996; 4: 81-7.

Holmes S. The challenge of providing nutritional support for the dying. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 1998; 4: 26-31.

Lesourd B. Mazari L. Nutrition and immunity in the elderly. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 1999; 58(3):685-95.

Morita T. Tei Y. Tsunoda J. Inoue S. Chihara S. Determinants of the sensation of thirst in terminally ill cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2001: 9(3):177-86.

Stratton RJ. Elia M. Are oral nutritional supplements of benefit to patients in the community? Findings from a systematic review. Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care. 2000: 3(4):311-5.

Wilkes G. Nutrition: the forgotten ingredient in cancer care. American Journal of Nursing. 2000; 100(4):46-51.

Williams J, Copp G. Food presentation and the terminally ill. Nursing Standard, 1990; 4:29-32.

Winter SM. Terminal nutrition: framing the debate for the withdrawal of nutritional support in terminally ill patients. American Journal of Medicine. 2000: 109(9):723-6.

Books and reports

Joint working party of the National Council for Hospice and Palliative Care Services and the ethics committee of the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland.  Artificial hydration (AH) for people who are terminally ill.  European Journal of Palliative Care 1997; 4: 124.

BMA. Withholding and Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Treatment- Guidance for Decision-making.  London: BMJ Publishing Group, 1993.

D.O.H. The Essence of Care: Patient focused Bench Marking for Health Care Practitioners London D.O.H., 2001

Mealtime participation guide. Morris S., Dunn M.  Tuscan: Therapy Skill Builders, 1999.

Nutritional Oncology Herber H, Blackburn GL, Go VLG. San Diego : Academic Press, 1999.