Decision making in long-term care: Feeding tubes

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 21-26

  Taylor, Paula R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHICS; FEEDING APPARATUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 0035715291     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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