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Advance directives, dementia, and withholding food and water by mouth.

Paul T Menzel, M Colette Chandler-Cramer.   

Abstract

People with dementia who are no longer competent have limited control over how their lives end. But an advance directive to withhold food and water by mouth could be used to ensure that one does not live for years in severe dementia. Such directives are arguably already legal.

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Year:  2014        PMID： 24821250     DOI： 10.1002/hast.313

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Hastings Cent Rep        ISSN： 0093-0334            Impact factor:   2.683


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