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Extreme Medical Negligence: Failure to Feed Patients with Anorexia Nervosa

vnc_00 Dec 30, 2012 21:14

Originally published at Science of Eating Disorders. Please leave any comments there.

They are crazy stories, really. It is hard to believe they are true. A 28-year-old woman with anorexia nervosa complained about weakness and nausea following the insertion of a feeding tube. Her gastroenterologist sent her to the emergency room (ER). The woman was ( Read more... )

physician-patient relations, 20-30, adults, treatment, attitudes toward patients, caregiver attitudes, commentary, cloak, powers, medical error, physician education, anorexia nervosa, negative aspects, case report, eating disorders, medical negligence, 2012

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