Ethical decision-making process for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in patients with dysphagia

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Nutrition, Hamamatsu University Hospital, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 431-3192, Japan. [email protected].
• ² NTT Medical Center Tokyo, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Food Services, 5-9-22 Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan.
• ³ Department of Nutrition, Hamamatsu City Rehabilitation Hospital, 1-6-1 Wago-kita, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 433-8127, Japan.
• ⁴ Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, 35-2, Sakaecho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-0015, Japan.
• ⁵ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu Mie, 514-8507, Japan.