Discomfort in Nursing Home Patients With Severe Dementia in Whom Artificial Nutrition and Hydration Is Forgone
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- 8 August 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 165 (15) , 1729-1735
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.165.15.1729
Abstract
Many patients with dementia develop difficulties with eating and drinking during the course of the disease.1-7 When the intake of food and fluids becomes insufficient, a decision has to be made whether to start administration of artificial nutrition and/or hydration (ANH). Important issues often debated in relation to this decision are whether ANH causes discomfort and whether death due to dehydration is painful.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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