Geriatric nurses' attitudes towards the use of nasogastric feeding-tubes in demented patients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1111-1116

  Zanetti, Orazio ^a,b   Bianchetti, Angelo ^a,b   Zanetti, Ermellina ^b   Magni, Eugenio ^a,b   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^a,b   Trabucchi, Marco ^a,b  

^a Alzheimer Dementia Res and Care U   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dementia; End of life decisions; Feeding tube; Medical ethics; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION;

EID: 0030474753     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199612)11:12<1111::AID-GPS437>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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