Life-sustaining treatment decisions by spouses of patients with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 144-150

  Mezey, Mathy ^a   Kluger, Malvina ^a   Maislin, Greg ^b   Mittelman, Mary ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; SPOUSE;

EID: 0030031620     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb02430.x     Document Type: Article

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