Physicians' attitudes about artificial feeding in older patients with severe cognitive impairment in Japan: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND: The question of whether to withhold artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) from severely cognitively impaired older adults has remained nearly unexplored in Japan, where provision of ANH is considered standard care. The objective of this study was to identify and analyze factors relate...

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Autores principales: Aita, Kaoruko, Takahashi, Miyako, Miyata, Hiroaki, Kai, Ichiro, Finucane, Thomas E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1997114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17705852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-7-22

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1997114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17705852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-7-22

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