Abstract：
:A consensus among geriatricians, ethicists, and neurologists supports a palliative approach to the care of individuals with late-stage dementia. But ten years after the publication of the first large study demonstrating the lack of efficacy of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes in prolonging life for patients with advanced dementia, and seven years after the appearance of two articles in major medical journals arguing that tube feeding should no longer be the standard of care for individuals with advanced dementia, gastrostomy tubes remain commonplace in this population. One overlooked reason that many families and physicians continue to opt for artificial nutrition is that the case for feeding tubes is a moral one and not a scientific one. What may be at issue for families is how best to demonstrate caring, and caring is not readily amenable to empirical study. A better approach to family members who want feeding tubes for the demented is to acknowledge the symbolic value of nutrition for them and to seek an alternative means of satisfying the need to feed.
journal_name
J Am Med Dir Assocjournal_title
Journal of the American Medical Directors Associationauthors
Gillick MR,Volandes AEdoi
10.1016/j.jamda.2008.03.011subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-06-01 00:00:00pages
364-7issue
5eissn
1525-8610issn
1538-9375pii
S1525-8610(08)00112-6journal_volume
9pub_type
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jamda.2014.08.008
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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doi：10.1016/j.jamda.2020.05.028
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jamda.2017.10.018
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.jamda.2009.04.003
更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00
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doi：10.1016/j.jamda.2017.02.009
更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/j.jamda.2010.02.010
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析
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更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00
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doi：10.1016/j.jamda.2005.12.010
更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00
