Relatives' opinions on the use of invasive procedures in the elderly with different degrees of dementia or incapacity;Opinión de los familiares sobre el uso de procedimientos invasivos en ancianos con distintos grados de demencia o incapacidad

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 138-144

  Velasco, M ^a   Guijarro, C ^a   Barba, R ^a   Garcia Casasola G ^a   Losa, J E ^a   Zapatero, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethics; Frail elderly; Medical decisions

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BARTHEL INDEX; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMANT QUESTIONNAIRE DECLINE IN THE ELDERLY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NOSE FEEDING; PUNCTURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 20944450620     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0211-139x(05)74845-9     Document Type: Article

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