title: How often can we justify parenteral nutrition in terminally ill cancer patients?
authors.affiliation: Palliative Care Program, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Fainsinger
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Gramlich
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D018579:Patient Selection; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013727:Terminal Care; D028761:Withholding Treatment