Contents: PALLIATIVE CARE AND THE PROFESSIONAL DIETITIAN • Terminal Illness: Opportunities for Dietitians • The Dying Process: Physiological and Psychological Changes • An Introduction to Palliative Care • The Palliative Care Team • Needs of Palliative Care Team Members • THE OVERALL GOAL IN THE PROVISION OF NUTRITIONAL CARE • The Role of the Dietitian in Palliative Care • Screening and Assessment • Food, Dying, and Ethnic Background • Nutritional Intervention and Symptom Control • Pain Management in Terminally Ill Patients • Planning • Ethical and Legal Considerations in the Nutritional Support of the Terminally Ill Patient • Implementation • Evaluation and Research

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