Estimating Prognosis for Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia
Open Access
- 9 June 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 291 (22), 2734-2740
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.291.22.2734
Abstract
Many families and health care professionals in the United States believe that palliation is the most appropriate goal for patients with end-stage dementia.1 However, many nursing home residents dying with advanced dementia in the United States do not receive optimal palliative care.2Keywords
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