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