Tube feeding in advanced dementia: The metabolic perspective

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7580, 2006, Pages 1211-1215

  Hoffer, L John ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BODY MASS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; METABOLIC RATE; MORALITY; NUTRITION; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STARVATION; TUBE FEEDING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ENTERIC FEEDING; ETHICS; METHODOLOGY;

DEMENTIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MORALS;

EID: 33845571971     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39021.785197.47     Document Type: Review

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