Nurses’ attitudes towards artificial food or fluid administration in patients with dementia and in terminally ill patients: a review of the literature

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Journal of Medical Ethics

• Publication date

  2008-05-29

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1136/jme.2007.021493PMID 18511614
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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