Handbook of Nutrition and Diet in Palliative Care, Second Edition, is a comprehensive guide, providing exhaustive information on nutrition and diet in terminal and palliative care. It covers physical, cultural and ethical aspects, bridging the intellectual divide in being suitable for novices and experts alike. Following in the tradition of its predecessor, chapters contain practical methods, techniques, and guidelines along with a section on applications to other areas of palliative care. Each chapter features key facts highlighting important areas, summary points, and ethical issues.
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Use of cannabinoids in palliative nutrition care
Pain control in palliative care
Communications in palliative/end-of-life care: aspects of bad news
Anorexia in cancer: appetite, physiology, and beyond
Palliative care in severe and enduring eating disorders
Linking food supplementation and palliative care in HIV
Eating-related distress in terminally ill cancer patients and their family members
Palliative care of gastroparesis
Preoperative nutrition assessment and optimization in the cancer patient
Childhood leukemia, malnutrition, and mortality as components of palliative care
End-of-life decisions in persons with neurodevelopmental disorders
Resources: listing web sites, journals, books and organizations
Setting the Scene. The Need for a Specialized Interest in Food and
Nutrition in Palliative Care. What do we Mean by Palliative Care? The Worlds
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. Cultural Aspects. Nutrition
and Hydration: Japanese Perspectives. Nutrition Support in Palliative Care:
Chinese Perspectives. Indian Perspectives. Cultural Aspects of Foregoing Tube
Feeding. General Aspects. 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. Cancer. 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. Non-Cancer Conditions. 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. Pharmacological Aspects. Cannabinoids.
Steroids. Stimulants in CF. Nutrition and Warfarin Interaction. Case Studies
and Resources. Malnutrition in Esophageal Cancer. Nutrition in Advanced
Dementia. Pain Control in Palliative Care. Research and Resources.
Victor R. Preedy BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSB, FRSH, FRIPHH, FRSPH, FRCPath, FRSC is a senior member of King's College London (Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry). He is attached to the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. He is also founding and current Director of the Genomics Centre and a member of the School of Medicine. Professor Preedy graduated in 1974 with an Honours Degree in Biology and Physiology with Pharmacology. He gained his University of London PhD in 1981. In 1992, he received his Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists and in 1993 he gained his second Doctoral degree, for his contribution to the science of protein metabolism in health and disease. Professor Preedy was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Biology (Society of Biology) in 1995 and to the Royal College of Pathologists in 2000. He was then elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health (2004) and The Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene (2004). In 2009, Professor Preedy became a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and in 2012 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. In 2015 the Society of Biology received its Royal Charter so Professor Preedy became a FRSB. In his career Professor Preedy worked at the National Heart Hospital (part of Imperial College London) and the MRC Centre at Northwick Park Hospital. He has collaborated with research groups in Finland, Japan, Australia, USA and Germany. He is a leading expert on biomedical sciences and has a long standing interest in nutrition, health and disease. He has lectured nationally and internationally. To his credit, Professor Preedy has published over five hundred articles, which includes peer-reviewed manuscripts based on original research, reviews, abstracts and numerous books and volumes.
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