Should hydration and artificial nutrition be accepted as a palliative care?;¿Se considera la hidratación y la nutrición artificial como un cuidado paliativo?

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 680-685

  Valero Zanuy, María Ángeles ^a   Nido, R Álvarez ^b   Rodríguez, P García ^a   González, R Sánchez ^b   Villares, J M Moreno ^a   Sanz, M León ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b EAP San Blas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial nutrition; Enteral nutrition; Hydration; Palliative care; Parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33846123666     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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