Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: Adequacy and quality of information given to decision-makers

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 289-292

  Ladas, Spiros D ^a,c   Triantafyllou, K ^a   Liappas, I ^a   Hatziargyriou, M ^a   Tzavellas, E ^a   Barbatzas, C ^b   Christodoulou, G ^a   Raptis, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dysphagia; Eating disorder; Ethics; Nutritional support; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DYSPHAGIA; EATING DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036965255     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067667     Document Type: Article

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