Palliative care for people with dementia

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 159-174

  Sampson, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia; palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BEHAVIOURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA; BLEEDING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EATING DISORDER; ELDERLY CARE; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FAMILY; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP FRACTURE; HOLISTIC CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE NURSING; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESTLESSNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SPIRITUAL CARE; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

DEMENTIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 78649649762     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldq024     Document Type: Article

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