Eating and feeding are not the same: Caregivers' perceptions of gastrostomy feeding for children with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 713-717

  Petersen, Mario C ^a,e   Kedia, Satish ^b   Davis, Pam ^c   Newman, Lisa ^d   Temple, Carrie ^a  

^a LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c Methodist Extended Care Hospital   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CEREAL; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY; STOMACH TUBE; TUBE FEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED CHILDREN; EATING; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 33747203541     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206001538     Document Type: Article

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