Being aware of opposite dangers

Many people are concerned, quite reasonably, about overtreatment in hospital. It would be worrying if clinically assisted nutrition and hydration could never be withdrawn, even when they were ineffective or futile.1 2 However, people are also concerned, quite reasonably, about undertreatment and the development of malnutrition or dehydration in hospital.3 In fact, the recent cases to which Gillon and Twycross object do not …