TY - JOUR T1 - Total parenteral nutrition at home: the implications for a rural practice JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 354 LP - 357 VL - 30 IS - 215 AU - Brian D. Keighley AU - A. R. MacGregor Y1 - 1980/06/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/30/215/354.abstract N2 - For various reasons we were faced with the choice of carrying out total parenteral nutrition of a patient at home, or allowing him to die untreated. The logistic problems of organizing supplies and technical support in a rural practice 32 km (20 miles) from the nearest hospital are described, in the hope of showing that in better circumstances carrying out total parenteral nutrition at home is feasible in general practice. ER -