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If an 89-year-old man refuses his medication is it ethical for the nurses to hide his medication in his food?
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∙ 17y ago
Yes, they can do this, but if he finds out he does have a right to refuse medication (at least in Canada.) I went through this with my own mother when she was in the nursing home. She was diabetic and it was important for her to eat and take her insulin. My mother refused her insulin shots and the medical staff could not force her so the medical staff and our family began to try and slip the pill form of insulin into her food. It usually doesn't work as well when you had Diabetes such as my mother and she soon became suspicious and refused to eat. The law was, you cannot force a person to eat or take their medications. Eventually she lost weight rapidly and passed away quietly.
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