TY - JOUR
T1 - Refusal to eat in the elderly
AU - Marcus, Esther Lee
AU - Berry, Elliot M.
PY - 1998/6
Y1 - 1998/6
N2 - Refusal to eat by the elderly, and subsequent malnutrition, occurs in both institutional and community settings. Causes include physiologic changes associated with aging, mental disorders such as dementia and depression, and medical, social, and environmental factors. Treatment approaches call for management of these causes while considering the roles that medicine, ethics, and culture play in the process.
AB - Refusal to eat by the elderly, and subsequent malnutrition, occurs in both institutional and community settings. Causes include physiologic changes associated with aging, mental disorders such as dementia and depression, and medical, social, and environmental factors. Treatment approaches call for management of these causes while considering the roles that medicine, ethics, and culture play in the process.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031871021&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1998.tb06130.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1998.tb06130.x
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C2 - 9656725
AN - SCOPUS:0031871021
SN - 0029-6643
VL - 56
SP - 163
EP - 171
JO - Nutrition Reviews
JF - Nutrition Reviews
IS - 6
ER -
