... (Muscari, 1998). Staff attitudes towards treatment of this disorder appear to differ, leading to inconsistencies. Hogarth (1991) feels this is partly due to professional's frustrations as the recovery process is slow, but she also states that there is a recognised need for development of knowledge in this area. It was with these factors in mind that I chose this area for my research subject, specifically treatment and management of anorexia nervosa. I carried out my literature search on a computer using electronic databases. I initially carried out a search on the Ovid database and requested hits from Cinahl 1982 to March 2000, Nursing Collection 1995 to March 2000 and Medline 1993 to Present. I used the titles 'anorexia nervosa' then limited the search to 'adolescents with anorexia nervosa'. The literature available in general was voluminous, however when I limited the search to 'research' and 'adolescents with anorexia nervosa' the ...

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