Nutrition Support in Home Health

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Mindy Hermann-Zaidins, Riva Touger-Decker
Aspen Publishers, 1989 - Business & Economics - 273 pages
Abstract: The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive guide to home nutrition support that defines the complex and essential role of the dietician while emphasizing the importance of synchronizing all home care services for the nourishment of the patient. Objectives of the publication include: introducing the reader to the concept and practice of home nutrition support and factors affecting it; to serve as a user-friendly resource manual that provides methods, materials, and tools for patient management to the dietitian practicing home nutrition support; and to apprise health care providers of the broad range of technological, medical, nutritional, ethical, psychosocial, and economic components of nutrition care at home.

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