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# 010 Tube Feed or Not Tube Feed?, 2nd ed

Source: 
Medical College of Wisconsin (EPERC)
Synopsis: 

Background:  Tube feeding is frequently used in chronically ill and dying patients. The evidence for much of this use is weak at best. The Fast Fact reviews data on the use of tube feeding in advanced illness.

Vol/Page/Date: 
August 2005; 10.
Resource Type: 
Other
Author/Source: 
James Hallenbeck MD
keywords: 
Non-Pain Symptoms and Syndromes
Submitter: 
Peters
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