Perspectives of community members regarding tube feeding in patients with end-stage dementia: Findings from african-American and caucasian focus groups

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-91

  Modi, Seema ^a   Velde, Beth ^b   Gessert, Charles ^c  

^a RHD Senior Center   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ESSENTIA INSTITUTE OF RURAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77958471690     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/OM.62.1.d     Document Type: Article

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