title: Response to Dr. Fernandez-Viadero and Colleagues and Drs. Flaschner and Katz.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Ramona
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.affiliation: VITAS Hospice Care, Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shega
authors.affiliation: Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vitale
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malone
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Unroe
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatrics, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blaum
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Care Policy and Research, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, Colorado.
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wald
mesh_terms: D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000592:standards*; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000592:standards*