Complex Feeding Decisions

Objective: Where swallowing difficulties are chronic or progressive, or a patient is palliative, tube feeding is often not deemed appropriate. Instead, patients continue to eat and drink despite the risks of pneumonia and death. There is currently little evidence to guide clinical practice in this f...

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Main Authors: Anna Miles PhD, Tanya Watt MSc, Wei-Yuen Wong MSc, Louise McHutchison BSc, Philippa Friary BSLT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-08-01
Series:Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721416665523