End-of-life care challenges for persons with intellectual disability and dementia: Making decisions about tube feeding

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-131

  McCarron, Mary ^a   McCallion, Philip ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 34247108296     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556(2007)45[128:ECCFPW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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