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Palliative Care at the Very End of Life - Dartmouth-Hitchcock

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Unproven Benefits <strong>of</strong> Artificial<br />

Feeding<br />

Unproven<br />

Benefits and Burdens<br />

Reduction in aspir<strong>at</strong>ion pneumonia<br />

Reduction in p<strong>at</strong>ient suffering<br />

Reduction in infections or skin<br />

breakdown<br />

Improves survival dur<strong>at</strong>ion (in a<br />

popul<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> similar p<strong>at</strong>ients)<br />

Weissman, D.E., Biern<strong>at</strong>, K., & Rehm, J. (2003)

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