Handbook of nutrition and diet in palliative care

I: Setting the scene

Need for specialized interest in food and nutrition in palliative care

What do we mean by palliative care?

Religion, culture and end-of-life issues

Nutrition and quality of life in children receiving palliative care

Nutrition and quality of life in adults receiving palliative care

Refractory cancer cachexia

Sedation in palliative care and its impact on nutrition and fluid intake

Pain control in palliative care

Communication in palliative and end-of-life care

II: Cultural aspects

Enteral feeding in palliative care: cultural aspects and beyond

An overview of the indian perspective on palliative care with particular reference to nutrition and diet

Italian aspects of linking nutritional support in cancer

III: General aspects

Stents in the gastrointestinal tract in palliative care

Artificial nutrition, advance directives and end of life in long-term care

Support for hydration at end of life

Palliative treatment of dysphagia

Olfaction in palliative care patients

Anorexia in cancer appetite, physiology and beyond

IV: Cancer

Preoperative nutrition assessment and optimization in the cancer patient

Palliative gastrojejunostomy and the impact on nutrition in cancer

Nutritional status and relationship to upper gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative care

Nutrition and palliative surgery for head and neck cancer

Position of appetite and nausea in symptom clusters in palliative radiation therapy

Vitamin deficiency in patients with terminal cancer

Childhood leukemia, malnutrition, and mortality as components of palliative care

Eating-related distress in terminally ill cancer patients and their family members

V: Non-cancer conditions and pharmacological aspects

Nutrition and appetite regulation in children and adolescents with end-stage renal failure

Linking food supplementation and palliative care in HIV

Palliative care of gastroparesis

Role of palliative care in severe and enduring eating disorders

End-of-life decisions in persons with neurodevelopmental disorders

Appetite-stimulant use in the palliative care of cystic fibrosis

Use of cannabinoids in palliative nutrition care

IV: Case study and resources

Case study refractory cancer cachexia

Recommended resources for diet and nutrition in palliative care.