title: Artificial nutrition and the public guardian.
authors.affiliation: Department of Continuing Care, Kaiser Permanente Santa Teresa Medical Center, San Jose, California 95119, USA. Elizabeth.Menkin@kp.org
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Menkin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease; D015709:Correspondence as Topic; D003657:Decision Making; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007872:Legal Guardians / Q000193:education; D010166:Palliative Care; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*