Artificial nutrition and hydration in advanced dementia

[Article in English, French]

Affiliations

¹ Palliative care consultant at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ont, Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, and a member of the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto.

[Article in English, French]

Irene Ying. Can Fam Physician. 2015 Mar.

. 2015 Mar;61(3):245-8, e125-8.

¹ Palliative care consultant at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ont, Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, and a member of the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto.

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