Tube feeding the demented nursing home resident

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1268-1270

  Sheiman, Sara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DEMENTIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING HOME; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

DEMENTIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0030266912     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01384.x     Document Type: Review

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