Tube feeding in patients with advanced dementia: Knowledge and practice of speech-language pathologists

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 366-378

  Vitale, Caroline A ^a,b   Berkman, Cathy S ^c   Monteleoni, Carol ^d   Ahronheim, Judith C ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA Ann Arbor Health Care System Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Private Practice   (United States)

^e Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^f NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced dementia; artificial nutrition and hydration; dysphagia; End of life; enteral nutrition; ethics; feeding tube; speech language pathologist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED DEMENTIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DYSPHAGIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; TUBE FEEDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 80051982678     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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