Recommendations of the ESGE workshop on the ethics of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement for nutritional support: First European Symposium on Ethics in Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy, Kos, Greece, June 2002

Endoscopy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 778-780

  Kruse, A ^a   Misiewicz, J J ^a   Rokkas, T ^a   Hammer, H ^a   Niv, Y ^a   Allison, M ^a   Kouroumalis, E ^a   Campbell, D ^a  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT RIGHT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WORKSHOP;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT;

EID: 0041695589     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-41589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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