Artificial nutrition at the bioethic cross-road between treatment and basic health care [1]

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-172

  Contaldo, Franco ^a   Alfonsi, Lucia ^a   Santarpia, Lidia ^a   Pasanisi, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BIOETHICS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVING WILL; PRESCRIPTION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 33144481499     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2005.10.009     Document Type: Letter

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