Foregoing the artificial administration of fluids and food to psychogeriatric patients in nursing homes; a qualitative investigation by participative observation;Afzien van kunstmatige toediening van voeding en vocht bij psychogeriatrische patiënten in het verpleeghuis; Een kwalitatief onderzoek door participerende observatie

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 147, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 705-708

  The, B A M ^a   Pasman, H R W ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, B D ^a   Ribbe, M W ^a   Van Der Wal, G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DETERIORATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0037433685     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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