Physicians' expectations of benefit from tube feeding

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1130-1134

  Hanson, Laura C ^a,b   Garrett, Joanne M ^b   Lewis, Carmen ^b   Phifer, Nancy ^c   Jackman, Anne ^b   Carey, Timothy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MOSES H CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EATING; EXPECTATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUTRITION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; STROKE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TUBE FEEDING;

DECISION MAKING; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55549132650     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2008.0033     Document Type: Article

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