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Handbook of nutrition and diet in palliative care

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boca Raton CRC Press 2019Edition: 2nd editionContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • FOR
ISBN:
  • 9781138064072
  • 9781351662970
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.029 23
LOC classification:
  • RT87.T45
Contents:
<STRONG>Setting the Scene</STRONG>. The Need for a Specialized Interest in Food and Nutrition in Palliative Care. What do we Mean by Palliative Care? The World’s Major Religions’ View on End-of Life Issues. Why Surgeons are Ambivalent about Palliative Treatments. Sedation in Palliative Care and its Impact on Nutrition. Quality of Life Aspects of Diet and Nutrition in Dying Children. Nutrition and Quality of Life in Adults Receiving Palliative Care. Refractory Cancer Cachexia. Assisting Healthcare Facilities. Palliative Care Communications. Pain Control in Palliative Care. <B>Cultural Aspects. </B>Nutrition and Hydration: Japanese Perspectives. Nutrition Support in Palliative Care: Chinese Perspectives. Indian Perspectives. Cultural Aspects of Foregoing Tube Feeding.  <STRONG>General Aspects. </STRONG>Stents in the GI Tract in Palliative Care. Artificial Nutrition. Support for Hydration at End of Life. Palliative Treatment of Dysphagia. Fatigue in Hospice Cancer patients. Constipation. Taste Alteration. Olfactory in Hospice Patients. Withholding Nutritional Support in European Countries. <B>Cancer. </B>Cachexia Related Suffering. GI Side Effects in Tumor Therapy. Upper GI symptoms. Palliative Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer. Total Parenteral Nutrition. Vitamin Deficiency. Appetite and Nausea. Palliative Gastrojejunostomy. <B>Non-Cancer Conditions. </B>Nutritional Support in the Vegetative State. Appetite Regulation in Renal Failure. Nutrition in End Stage Liver Disease. The Motor Disease. Nutritional Therapy in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. <B>Pharmacological Aspects. </B>Cannabinoids. Steroids. Stimulants in CF. Nutrition and Warfarin Interaction. <B>Case Studies and Resources. </B>Malnutrition in Esophageal Cancer. Nutrition in Advanced Dementia. Pain Control in Palliative Care. Research and Resources.
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4 Week Loan Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Library, Drogheda Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Library, Drogheda Book 616.029 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39102000004055
4 Week Loan Sligo University Hospital Sligo University Hospital Sligo University Hospital - Loan Stock 616.029 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 07297
4 Week Loan University Hospital Kerry University Hospital Kerry Open Shelves 616.029 PRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available KH04671
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

<STRONG>Setting the Scene</STRONG>. The Need for a Specialized Interest in Food and Nutrition in Palliative Care. What do we Mean by Palliative Care? The World’s Major Religions’ View on End-of Life Issues. Why Surgeons are Ambivalent about Palliative Treatments. Sedation in Palliative Care and its Impact on Nutrition. Quality of Life Aspects of Diet and Nutrition in Dying Children. Nutrition and Quality of Life in Adults Receiving Palliative Care. Refractory Cancer Cachexia. Assisting Healthcare Facilities. Palliative Care Communications. Pain Control in Palliative Care. <B>Cultural Aspects. </B>Nutrition and Hydration: Japanese Perspectives. Nutrition Support in Palliative Care: Chinese Perspectives. Indian Perspectives. Cultural Aspects of Foregoing Tube Feeding.  <STRONG>General Aspects. </STRONG>Stents in the GI Tract in Palliative Care. Artificial Nutrition. Support for Hydration at End of Life. Palliative Treatment of Dysphagia. Fatigue in Hospice Cancer patients. Constipation. Taste Alteration. Olfactory in Hospice Patients. Withholding Nutritional Support in European Countries. <B>Cancer. </B>Cachexia Related Suffering. GI Side Effects in Tumor Therapy. Upper GI symptoms. Palliative Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer. Total Parenteral Nutrition. Vitamin Deficiency. Appetite and Nausea. Palliative Gastrojejunostomy. <B>Non-Cancer Conditions. </B>Nutritional Support in the Vegetative State. Appetite Regulation in Renal Failure. Nutrition in End Stage Liver Disease. The Motor Disease. Nutritional Therapy in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. <B>Pharmacological Aspects. </B>Cannabinoids. Steroids. Stimulants in CF. Nutrition and Warfarin Interaction. <B>Case Studies and Resources. </B>Malnutrition in Esophageal Cancer. Nutrition in Advanced Dementia. Pain Control in Palliative Care. Research and Resources.

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