Advance Directives at End-of-Life: Nursing Home Resident Preferences for Artificial Nutrition

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 224-228

  Monturo, Cheryl A ^a   Strumpf, Neville E ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directive; feeding tube; long term care; preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUBE FEEDING; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34247897241     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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