Should the therapeutic effort in artificial nutrition be limited?;¿Se debe limitar el esfuerzo terapéutico en nutrición artificial?

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 203, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 582-588

  Valero Zanuy, M A ^b   Alvares Nido R ^a   de Diego Munoz R ^b   Sanchez Gonzalez R ^a   Moreno Villares, J M ^b   Leoon Sanz M ^b  

^a Centro de Salud San Blas   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioethical; Enteral nutrition; Palliative care; Parenteral nutrition; Serotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1542645893     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2565(03)71363-0     Document Type: Article

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