A living will autonomy in dementive states

Harefuah

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 652-655

  Niv, Yaron ^a   Niv, Galia ^a   Levi, Zohar ^a   Niv, Yona ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dementia; Nasogastric tube; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; Resuscitation; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIVING WILL; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LIVING WILLS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 21644444617     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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