Nurses' experiences with hospice patients who refuse food and fluids to hasten death

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-365

  Ganzini, Linda ^a,b,d   Goy, Elizabeth R ^a,b   Miller, Lois L ^a   Harvath, Theresa A ^a   Jackson, Ann ^c   Delorit, Molly A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oregon Hospice Association   (United States)

^d PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRINKING; EATING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; AGE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DEHYDRATION; DIET RESTRICTION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING; FAMILY; FASTING; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; OREGON; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0038793302     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa035086     Document Type: Article

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