Ethics, informed consent, and decisions about nonoral feeding for patients with dysphagia

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 240-248

  Sharp, Helen M ^a   Wagner, Lynne Brady ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Deglutition disorders; Enteral nutrition; Informed consent; Speech language pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DEHYDRATION; DYSPHAGIA; ETHICS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFECTION; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFORMED CONSENT; JEJUNOSTOMY TUBE; LIVING WILL; MALNUTRITION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH TUBE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 34548420139     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TGR.0000284768.32334.96     Document Type: Review

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