Advanced dementia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 26, 2015, Pages 2533-2540

  Mitchell, Susan L ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DEMENTIA; EATING DISORDER; ELDERLY CARE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FOOD INTAKE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING METHODS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84932639928     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp1412652     Document Type: Article

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