Rethinking the role of tube feeding in patients with advanced dementia

N Engl J Med. 2000 Jan 20;342(3):206-10. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200001203420312.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease / therapy
  • Decision Making
  • Dementia / therapy*
  • Empirical Research
  • Enteral Nutrition* / adverse effects
  • Enteral Nutrition* / standards
  • Euthanasia, Passive
  • Humans
  • Legislation, Medical
  • Medical Futility
  • Pneumonia, Aspiration / prevention & control
  • Religion and Medicine
  • Restraint, Physical
  • Risk Assessment*
  • Stress, Psychological
  • United States
  • Withholding Treatment*