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A positive approach to nutrition as treatment : report of a working party chaired by Professor J. E. Lennard-Jones on the role of enteral and parenteral feeding in hospital and at home

Author:

King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Lennard-Jones, John E.

Publication date:

1992

Abstract:

Many people with severe illness are at risk from an unrecognised complication - malnutrition, which can seriously delay the recovery from medical and surgical disorders, and can even be life-threatening. Evidence in this report shows the clinical and financial benefits which can result from better diagnosis and treatment of malnutrition. ...