PMID: 2123128Oct 1, 1990Paper

Ethical reasoning associated with the feeding of terminally ill elderly cancer patients. An international perspective

Cancer Nursing
B DavidsonL Ziv

Abstract

An international nursing research study examined the ethical decision-making of "good and experienced" registered nurses in eight countries. The subjects were asked about their decision to feed or not to feed a hypothetical terminally ill, mentally alert, elderly cancer patient who refuses to eat. Cultural variations were demonstrated in the decisions as well as differences in ethical justification. The majority of nurses who would not feed appeared to use the principle of autonomy, whereas nurses who would feed the patient used beneficence as justification. Conditions under which nurses would change their decision to either feed or not feed the patient against her will included doctor's orders and lack of peer support for the decision. The majority of nurses clearly experienced a dilemma.

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