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Withholding the artificial administration of fluids and food from elderly patients with dementia: ethnographic study

OBJECTIVE: To clarify the practice of withholding the artificial administration of fluids and food from elderly patients with dementia in nursing homes. DESIGN: Qualitative, ethnographic study in two phases. SETTING: 10 wards in two nursing homes in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS: 35 patients with de...

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Main Authors: The, Anne-Mei, Pasman, Roeline, Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje, Ribbe, Miel, van der Wal, Gerrit
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BMJ 2002
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137804/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12468479
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