'High-tech' home care: overview of professional care in patients on home parenteral nutrition and implications for nursing care.

The article discusses the results of a study which examined the quality and quantity of care provided by health professionals to patients who relied with home parenteral nutrition. The authors reveal patients' satisfaction with the nutrition support team. They add that minimal attention was given to psychosocial problems of patients. They also mention the problem experienced by patients with the general practitioner's knowledge of home parenteral nutrition.