Ethical considerations and palliative care in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A review

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 300-307

  Danel Brunaud, V ^a,b   Touzet, L ^b   Chevalier, L ^b   Moreau, C ^a,b,c   Devos, D ^a,b,c   Vandolaeghe, S ^b   Defebvre, L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CHU Lille   (France)

Author keywords

ALS; End of life; Ethical considerations; Motor neuron disease; Palliative care; Treatment restriction; Treatment withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTICIPATION; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LAW; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; CAREGIVER; ETHICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CAREGIVERS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 85019011010     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2017.03.032     Document Type: Review

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