Medically assisted nutrition for palliative care in adult patients

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Good, Phillip ^a   Cavenagh, John ^a   Mather, Mark ^a   Ravenscroft, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CITATION ANALYSIS; EMBASE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; ENTERIC FEEDING; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 58249085710     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006274.pub2     Document Type: Review

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