Family decision-making in advanced dementia: Narrative and ethics

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-258

  Elliott, Barbara A ^a   Gessert, Charles E ^b   Peden Mcalpine, Cynthia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SMDC Health System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Ethics in geriatrics; Family and decision making; Proxy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; PROXY; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 65549088529     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2008.00613.x     Document Type: Article

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