Attitudes of physicians, nurses and relatives towards end-of-life decisions concerning nursing home patients with dementia

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 372-380

  Rurup, Mette L ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a   Pasman, H Roeline W ^a,b   Ribbe, Miel W ^b   van der Wal, Gerrit ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; End of life; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33646756583     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.04.016     Document Type: Article

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