Feeding tube use in Italian nursing homes: The role of cultural factors [1]

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-88

  Bellelli, Giuseppe ^a   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^b   Trabucchi, Marco ^c,d  

^a Ancelle della Carita Hospital   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; FEEDING APPARATUS; GASTROSTOMY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 17844380481     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2004.12.014     Document Type: Letter

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