Ethical Decisions Regarding Nutrition and the Terminally Ill

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-33

  Schwarte, Anne ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; REVIEW; STOMACH TUMOR; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; DECISION MAKING; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ETHICS, NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0035240555     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001610-200101000-00007     Document Type: Article

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