by Abby S. Bach
Issues and Choices in Clinical Nutrition examines controversial topics and challenging issues that practitioners must deal with in clinical practice.
Features:
- Issues to Ponder boxes pose interesting topics for further exploration and discussion
- A review of International Nutrition Guidelines provides a global perspective of clinical nutrition and up-to-date knowledge on the similarities and differences in nutrition assessment worldwide
- A historical perspective on education, credentialing, and practice is integrated with new insight on current and future challenges for dietetics professionals
- Points of view that vary from traditional approaches or dogma in nutrition practice are raised to encourage readers to reevaluate their roles and practices within the broader healthcare setting
- More than 95 graphs and tables illustrate key concepts and synthesize important information
Contents
The Dietetics Professional's Role in the Healthcare Setting
- An Overview of the Dietetics Professional's Training and Opportunities in Healthcare
- Dietetics Education: Past, Present, and Future
- Advanced-Level and Specialty Practice: How Necessary or Beneficial Are They for Practitioners?
- The Economics of Dietetic Patient Care
- Development of the Dietetics Professional's Role as a Member of a Healthcare Team
- Is the Dietetics Professional an Equal Player on the Healthcare Team?
- Global Dietetics Issues
Clinical Practice Issues: An Evidence-Based Perspective
- Nutrition Screening in Acute Care
- Nutrition Assessment
- Measuring Nutrient Intake: Are the Tools Valid for Clinical Practice and/or Research?
- Conducting Research in a Clinical Practice Setting
- Informatics in the New Healthcare Environment
Effects of Emerging Science and Controversies on Dietetics Practice
- Genetics, Nutritional Genomics, and Dietetics Practice: What the Dietetics Professional Should Know
- Hypertension and Clinical Nutrition Practice
- Nutrition and Coronary Artery Disease
- Obestiy: The Challenge for the Healthcare Professional
- Nutritional Approaches to Diabetes Mellitus
- Emerging Issues in Cancer Care and Nutrition
- Food-Drug Interactions
- Issues with Alternative/Complementary Nutrition Therapies: Their Role in Clinical Practices
International Tables and Global Nutrition Standards and Guidelines
- Implementing Nutrient-Based Recommendations and Dietary Guidelines
- Global Nutrient Recommendations and Food-Based Dietary Guidelines: Tables
Index
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