Involvement of caregiver in decision-making to administer tube feeding to elderly person...9th World Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), June 18-21, 2014, Taipei, Taiwan.
Purpose Japanese society often recommends the elderly to choose a 'natural death' when it becomes difficult for them to eat orally and when their ability to make decisions declines1. Caregivers can, however, opt for tube feeding to be administered to the elderly, who have little time to live, so tha...
| Published in: | Gerontechnology Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 117 - 119 |
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| Format: | abstract proceedings research Journal Article |
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International Society for Gerontechnology
2014 Special Issue
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