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Nutrition at the End of Life: Ethical Issues

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  1. University of Alabama at Birmingham; Birmingham-Atlanta VA Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), Birmingham, AL

    Christine Seel Ritchie

  2. Division of Gerontology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL

    Elizabeth Kvale

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  1. Center for the Study of Aging &, Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, 27710, USA

    Connie W. Bales

  2. Div. Gerontology, Geriatrics &, Palliative Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 19th Street South 933, Birmingham, 35294, USA

    Christine S. Ritchie

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Ritchie, C.S., Kvale, E. (2009). Nutrition at the End of Life: Ethical Issues. In: Bales, C., Ritchie, C. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Nutrition and Aging. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-385-5_13

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