Decision-making in patients with severe dementia and pneumonia: Cross-national perspectives

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 216-217

  Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^a   Volicer, Ladislav ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PNEUMONIA; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 78651440154     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2542     Document Type: Letter

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