Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes are placed in elderly adults in Japan with advanced...
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes are placed in elderly adults in Japan with advanced dementia regardless of expectation of improvement in quality of life
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Paris: Springer-Verlag
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BACKGROUND: The Japan Geriatrics Society published a guideline on the decision-making process for health care for the elderly in June 2012, noting that withholding or withdrawing feeding tubes are treatment options that should be discussed during the decision-making process. Arguments against the guideline posit that the insertion of a percutaneous...
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Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes are placed in elderly adults in Japan with advanced dementia regardless of expectation of improvement in quality of life
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1532482422
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1532482422
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1279-7707
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1760-4788
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10.1007/s12603-014-0011-9
