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Review

Practice and Ethics of Enteral Feeding in the Elderly

Tzvi Dwolatzky1 Department of Geriatrics and Memory Clinic, Mental Health Center, Beersheva, Israel Tel.: +97 28 6401520; Fax: +97 28 6401462; E-mail: [email protected];3 Mental Health Center, PO Box 4600, Beersheva84170, Israel
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Yaakov Levinson2 Neve Simcha Geriatric Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel Tel.: +97 22 5001321; Fax: +97 22 5001367; E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 153-164 | Published online: 27 Jan 2006

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