Cancer in home care: Unintended weight loss and ethical challenges. A cross-sectional study of older people at 11 sites in Europe

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-69

  Sørbye, Liv Wergeland ^a  

^a Diakonhjemmet University College   (Norway)

Author keywords

Artificial feeding; Cancer in elderly; Cross national comparisons; Ethical implications; Home care of aged

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEOPLASMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79957988470     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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