Decision making in patients affected by severe dementia and pneumonia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 440-

  Rozzini, Renzo ^a,b   Sleiman, Intissar ^a,b   Ranhoff, Anette ^c   Maggi, Stefania ^d   Trabucchi, Marco ^b  

^a Poliambulanza Hospital   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LETTER; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; SURVIVAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 79952744531     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2554     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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