Medical and ethical aspects of long-term enteral tube feeding

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1461-1476

  McMahon, M Molly ^a   Hurley, Daniel L ^a   Kamath, Patrick S ^b   Mueller, Paul S ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANOREXIA; DECISION MAKING; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUTRITION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 27644515945     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/80.11.1461     Document Type: Article

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