Tube feeding controversial patients: What do dietitians think?

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 445-453

  Healy, S ^a   McNamara, E ^b  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b North Eastern Health Board   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dementia; Dietitian; Ethics; Opinion; Patient; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIETITIAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT CARE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; TUBE FEEDING;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DIETETICS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; NEOPLASMS; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036919464     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-277X.2002.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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