Complex Feeding Decisions

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Complex Feeding Decisions

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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 field often termed “risk feeding.” This qualitative study investigated staff, patient, and family member perceptions of risk feeding practices in one New Zealand hospital. Method: Twenty-nine staff ...

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Date created

2016-08-01

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Anna Miles PhD / Tanya Watt MSc / Wei-Yuen Wong MSc / Louise McHutchison BSc / Philippa Friary BSLT

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Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine

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https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721416665523

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Geriatrics

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