Citation

Hertogh CM, Ribbe MW. Alzheimer Dis. Assoc. Disord. 1996; 10(1): 11-19.

Affiliation

Department of General Medicine and Nursing Home Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8919492

Abstract

In the Netherlands, the medical care of demented patients in the last phase of their life is very often the responsibility of the nursing home physician. Against the background of the public debate on euthanasia and related end-of-life decisions, this article discusses the ethical problems encountered in this field of medicine. Special attention is given to the problems of prognosis and the possible contribution of living wills to decision-making on behalf of incompetent demented patients.

Language: en