PEGs and Ethics Revisited: A Timely Reflection in the Wake of the Terri Schiavo Case

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 292-297

  Breier Mackie, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GASTROSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 33644789671     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001610-200507000-00003     Document Type: Article

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