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Terminating Life‐Sustaining Treatment of the Demented
Author(s) -
Callahan Daniel
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3527838
Subject(s) - gerontology , dementia , psychology , medicine , disease
A growing elderly population, dwindling health care resources, and intense and widespread fear of dementia have forced an uncomfortable question: should patients with dementia be slated as off‐limits for life‐sustaining treatment?
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