Artificial nutrition and bioethics issues: medical therapy or basic assistance?

Background: Artificial nutrition provides nutrients artificially to those patients who cannot take food by mouth because of their pathological condition. Artificial nutrition is the therapeutical approach in case of protein-energy malnutrition, which is secondary to many conditions which do not allo...

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Main Authors: Carlo Lesi, Maria T. Fabozzi, Luca Valeriani, Luisa Zoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-04-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/235