TY - JOUR T1 - Gastrostomy feeding of children with cerebral palsy and carers’ quality of life JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 821 LP - 821 VL - 90 IS - 8 A2 - , Y1 - 2005/08/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/90/8/821.abstract N2 - The parents of children with severe cerebral palsy often worry about their child’s nutrition and general health. Feeding through a gastrostomy tube may improve the child’s nutrition and make life easier for the parents. Even though some are at first resistant to, or afraid of, the idea few parents regret agreeing to a gastrostomy. Now research in Oxford, Manchester, and Watford (Peter B Sulivan and colleagues. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology2004;46;796–800OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science) has shown that there are significant improvements in the quality of life of carers after beginning … ER -