Adults with terminal illness: A literature review of their needs and wishes for food

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1101-1107

  Hughes, Nic ^a   Neal, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Culture; Dying; Eating; Food; Health services research; Hospice; Medicine; Nursing; Nutrition; Social transaction; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; DIET; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ANOREXIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DIET; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0034321830     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01580.x     Document Type: Review

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