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. 2024 Mar 15;16(1):e12533.
doi: 10.1002/dad2.12533. eCollection 2024 Jan-Mar.

Broadening the concept of suffering is a less than adequate strategy for respecting patients in advanced dementia

Paul T Menzel  1
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Broadening the concept of suffering is a less than adequate strategy for respecting patients in advanced dementia

Paul T Menzel. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). .
No abstract available

Keywords: AMA code of ethics; Nancy Rhoden; Norman Cantor; Rebecca Dresser; advance directives; dementia; deterioration; suffering; then‐self versus now‐self problem; withholding food and water.

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