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Nutrition, appetite, and involuntary weight loss are issues that
affect a large number of cancer patients and cancer survivors.
Aspects such as symptom management, behavioural modification,
exercise and medication are all important aspects of cancer care,
but nutritional issues at the end of life can be accompanied by
contentious ethical factors as well as religious and cultural
influences that need to be addressed by health professionals. This
book enables physicians, nurses and also dieticians to better
discuss these complex issues with patients and their families.
This comprehensive reference book provides both background
information and practical, clinical advice for managing the cancer
patient at all stages of their disease trajectory. It includes
information that relates to patients who are continuing to receive
disease-specific therapy, the cancer survivor, as well as patients
with advanced or recurrent cancer receiving palliative care.
Basic principles such as epidemiology and physiology set the scene,
leading into the cachexia/anorexia syndrome, treatment options,
nutritional counselling, enteral and parenteral nutrition,
complementary/alternative therapies, exercise, clinical outcomes
measures in each of the clinical groups, and focus on special
populations and their specific needs. Multidimensional,
interdisciplinary clinical evaluation and treatment is emphasised,
and ethical, religious, and cultural factors are also addressed.
Multidisciplinary in nature, this book draws on the experience of
the editors' work across the fields of oncology, palliative care,
surgery, primary care, nursing, dietetics and nutritional science.
It will prove invaluable to all general practitioners, internists,
medical oncologists and surgeons, nurses, palliative care
specialists and related professionals involved in the care of the
cancer patient.
John Hopkinson (1849-98) was a British electrical engineer who
invented the three-wire system for the distribution of electricity.
Originally published in 1901, this book forms the first in two
volumes of Hopkinson's papers, focusing mainly on technical
subjects. The text also incorporates editorial notes, numerous
illustrative figures and a memoir of Hopkinson's life. Material of
a more purely scientific character can be found in the second
volume. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in
Hopkinson, engineering and the history of science.
John Hopkinson (1849-98) was a British electrical engineer who
invented the three-wire system for the distribution of electricity.
Originally published in 1901, this book forms the second of two
volumes of Hopkinson's papers, focusing mainly on scientific areas.
The text also incorporates editorial notes and numerous
illustrative figures. Material of a more technical nature can be
found in the first volume. This book will be of value to anyone
with an interest in Hopkinson, engineering and the history of
science.
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