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Tube feeding in palliative care: benefits and problems

Kirsty J Boyd

King's College Hospital, London

Linda Beeken

Senior Dietitian in Oncology, King's College Hospital, London

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy techniques are becoming more widely available and will be considered increasingly for patients with head and neck or upper gastrointestinal malignancies, and for neurological dysphagia, as occurs in motor neurone disease. This case history illustrates some of the practical and ethical issues raised by their use.

Key Words: enteral feeding • gastrostomy • nutrition • terminal care

Palliative Medicine, Vol. 8, No. 2, 156-158 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/026921639400800210
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