Medical futility and psychiatry: Palliative care and hospice care as a last resort in the treatment of refractory anorexia nervosa

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 372-377

  Lopez, Amy ^a   Yager, Joel ^a   Feinstein, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Eating disorders; Hospice; Medical futility; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLORADO; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 77951536817     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20701     Document Type: Article

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