CLIP 15 Minute Online Tutorial

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CURRENT LEARNING IN PALLIATIVE CARE

15 Minute Online Tutorials

Helping the patient with reduced hydration/nutrition

1: Maintaining the environment
for eating and drinking

Introductory Level

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FURTHER READING

Journal articles

Lesourd B. Mazari L. Nutrition and immunity in the elderly. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 1999; 58(3):685-95.

Wilkes G. Nutrition: the forgotten ingredient in cancer care. American Journal of Nursing. 2000; 100(4):46-51.

Williams J, Copp G. Food presentation and the terminally ill. Nursing Standard, 1990; 4:29-32.

Books and reports

Joint working party of the National Council for Hospice and Palliative Care Services and the ethics committee of the Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland. Artificial hydration (AH) for people who are terminally ill. European Journal of Palliative Care 1997; 4: 124.

BMA. Withholding and Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Treatment- Guidance for Decision-making. London: BMJ Publishing Group, 1993.

D.O.H. The Essence of Care: Patient focused Bench Marking for Health Care Practitioners London D.O.H., 2001

Mealtime participation guide. Klein M.D., Morris S., Dunn M. Tuscan: Therapy Skill Builders, 1999.

Nutritional oncology Herber H, Blackburn GL, Go VLG. San Diego : Academic Press, 1999.