The clinical course of advanced dementia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1529-1538

  Mitchell, Susan L ^a,b   Teno, Joan M ^d   Kiely, Dan K ^a   Shaffer, Michele L ^e   Jones, Richard N ^a,b   Prigerson, Holly G ^c   Volicer, Ladislav ^f   Givens, Jane L ^a,b   Hamel, Mary Beth ^b  

^a Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CUSTODY; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROXY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 70350458703     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0902234     Document Type: Article

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