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| Nutrition in the terminal stages of life in nursing-home patients | | Author(s) | Marcel G M Olde Rikkert, Willibrord H L Hoefnagels |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 30, no 6, November 2001 |
| Pages | pp 436-438 |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Terminal care ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The Netherlands has been a pioneer in the field of end-of-life decision-making with regard to euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and forgoing artificial administration of food and fluids. This editorial provides background to and comment on B D Onwuteaka et al's article, "Withholding or withdrawing artificial administration of food and fluids in nursing home patients" in this issue of Age and Ageing. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020121202 A |
| Classmark | CF: LHB:LF: LV: 76H |
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