Palliative and end-of-life decision-making in dementia care

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 536-541

  Mitchell, Gary ^a  

^a Four Seasons Health Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Dementia; Ethical conduct; Palliative care; Shared decison making

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ETHICS; HUMAN; NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE;

DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; ETHICS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84948745782     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2015.21.11.536     Document Type: Article

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