Surrogate consent for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-179

  Berger, Jeffrey T ^a   Hida, Sven ^a   Chen, Henian ^a   Friedel, David ^a   Grendell, James ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; SURROGATE CONSENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; DEMENTIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 79251557153     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.494     Document Type: Article

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