Compulsory treatment of anorexia nervosa and the moribund patient

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-37

  Serfaty, Marc ^a,b   McCluskey, Sara ^b,c  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Southgate   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; ETHICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NOSE FEEDING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH;

EID: 0031971966     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0968(199803)6:1<27::AID-ERV192>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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