Attitudes of relatives and nursing staff toward tuboenteral feeding in severely demented patients

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-34

  Lubart, Emilia ^a   Leibovitz, Arthur ^a   Habot, Beni ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

End of life decisions; Oropharyngeal dysphagia; Severe dementia; Tuboenteral feeding (TEF)

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; AGING; ASPIRATION; ATTITUDE; BODY MASS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE FEEDING; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITION; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 1042288325     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331750401900107     Document Type: Review

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