Artificial nutrition and hydration for patients with advanced dementia: Perspectives from medical practitioners in the Netherlands and Australia

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-91

  Buiting, Hilde M ^a,b   Clayton, Josephine M ^b   Butow, Phyllis N ^b   Van Delden, Johannes Jm ^c   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artificial nutrition or hydration; Australia; culture; dementia; end of life decision making; health care system; Netherlands; PEG feeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; AUSTRALIA; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 78751544075     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216310382589     Document Type: Article

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