Adequacy of artificial nutrition in the "biological" terminal phase elderly;L'adeguatezza della nutrizione artificiale nell'anziano "biologico" in fase terminale

Rivista Italiana di Nutrizione Parenterale ed Enterale

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 4-15

  Donini, Lorenzo Maria ^a   De Bernardini, L ^b   De Felice, M R ^b   Cannella, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Ist Geriatrico Villa delle Querce ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial nutrition; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUTRITION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 0038712972     PISSN: 03935582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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