Skip to main content
BMC Medical Ethics logoLink to BMC Medical Ethics
. 2022 Nov 16;23:111. doi: 10.1186/s12910-022-00850-4

Correction to: Flaws in advance directives that request withdrawing assisted feeding in late-stage dementia may cause premature or prolonged dying

Stanley A Terman 1,, Karl E Steinberg 2, Nathaniel Hinerman 3
PMCID: PMC9670367  PMID: 36384515

Correction to: BMC Medical Ethics (2022) 23:100 10.1186/s12910-022-00831-7

Following publication of the original article [1], the author would like to change the text from:

I want to be offered food and fluids by mouth. I want to be kept clean and warm.

to.

I want to be offered food and fluids by mouth if it is safe for me to eat and drink. I want to be kept clean and warm.

The original article has been corrected.

Footnotes

Caring Advocates is a 501(c)3 non-for-profit organization in California. EIN: 33-0903574

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Reference

  • 1.Terman SA, Steinberg KE, Hinerman N. Flaws in advance directives that request withdrawing assisted feeding in late-stage dementia may cause premature or prolonged dying. BMC Med Ethics. 2022;23:100. doi: 10.1186/s12910-022-00831-7. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from BMC Medical Ethics are provided here courtesy of BMC

RESOURCES