Feeding: What It Means to Patients and Caregivers and How These Views Influence Singaporean Chinese Caregivers' Decisions to Continue Feeding at the End of Life

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 166-171

  Chai, Hui Zhong ^a   Krishna, Lalit Kumar Radha ^b   Wong, Victoria Hwei May ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

confucianism; decision making; family; feeding; filial piety; hope; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893903082     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909113480883     Document Type: Article

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