Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in hospitalized incompetent geriatric patients: Poorly informed, constrained and paradoxical decisions

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 839-842

  Golan, Ilana ^a   Ligumsky, Moshe ^a   Brezis, Mayer ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dementia; Geriatric patients; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; Physician attitudes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING HOME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 37849026511     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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