The impact of living with home enteral feeding: perspectives of people who have had a diagnosis of head and neck cancer

Thomas, Anne; Marie Sowerbutts, Anne; Burden, Sorrel

doi:10.1111/jhn.12691

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The impact of living with home enteral feeding: perspectives of people who have had a diagnosis of head and neck cancer

Published in Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics • Jul 15, 2019

Authors:

Anne Thomas

Anne Marie Sowerbutts

Sorrel Burden

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The number of people with head and neck cancer who are home enterally fed continues to grow each year. Insertion of a feeding tube is common place in these patients and is considered to have a detrimental effect on quality of life. The present study aimed to investigate the daily impact ...

Subject

Medicine

Head and neck cancer

Enteral administration

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