The associations of palliative care experts regarding food refusal: A cross-sectional study with an open question evaluated by triangulation analysis.

INTRODUCTION:Health professionals in oncologic and palliative care settings are often faced with the problem that patients stop eating and drinking. While the causes of food refusal are very different, the result is often malnutrition, which is linked to health comorbidities and a high mortality rat...

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Main Authors: André Fringer, Sabrina Stängle, Daniel Büche, Stefan Ch Ott, Wilfried Schnepp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231312