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

BMC Medical Ethics volume 23, Article number: 111 (2022) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 06 October 2022

Correction to: BMC Medical Ethics (2022) 23:100 https://doi.org/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.

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  1. Terman SA, Steinberg KE, Hinerman N (2022) Flaws in advance directives that request withdrawing assisted feeding in late-stage dementia may cause premature or prolonged dying. BMC Med Ethics 23:100. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-022-00831-7

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  1. Caring Advocates, Sausalito, CA, USA

    Stanley A. Terman

  2. California State University Shiley Haynes Institute for Palliative Care, San Marcos, CA, USA

    Karl E. Steinberg

  3. Department of Theology and Religious Studies and School of Nursing and Health Professions, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

    Nathaniel Hinerman

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Terman, S.A., Steinberg, K.E. & Hinerman, N. Correction to: Flaws in advance directives that request withdrawing assisted feeding in late-stage dementia may cause premature or prolonged dying. BMC Med Ethics 23, 111 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-022-00850-4

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