Ethnicity and end-of-life care: The use of feeding tubes

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-106

  Gessert, Charles E ^a   Curry, Nakeisha M ^b   Robinson, Audra ^b  

^a Duluth Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Dementia; Enteral nutrition; Ethnic groups; Nursing homes; Terminal care; Whites

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; KANSAS; LOGISTIC MODELS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0035650418     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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