A cross-national survey of tube-feeding decisions in cognitively impaired older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 391-397

  Mitchell, Susan L ^a,b,c   Berkowitz, Randi E ^d   Lawson, Fiona M E ^a,b   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Clinical Epidemiology Unit   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Ottawa Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Decision making; Nursing homes; Older; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; SATISFACTION; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 0034113828     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb04696.x     Document Type: Article

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