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The ideal companion resource to 'Manual of Dietetic Practice', this book takes a problem-based learning approach to dietetics and nutrition with cases written and peer reviewed by registered dietitians, drawing on their own experiences and specialist knowledge
* Each case study follows the Process for Nutrition and Dietetic Practice published by the British Dietetic Association in 2012
* Includes case studies in public health, an increasingly important area of practice
List of contents
List of contributors
Preface
Online Resources
Part 1
1. Model and process for dietetic and nutrition practice
2. Nutrition care process terminology
3. Documentation and record keeping
4. Assessment
Part 2
Case studies
1. Veganism
2. Older person - ethical dilemma
3. Older person
4. Learning disabilities
5. Freelance practice
6. Public health - weight management
7. Public health - learning disabilities
8. Public health - calorie labelling on menus
9. Genetics and hyperlipidaemia
10. Intestinal failure
11. Irritable bowel syndrome
12. Liver disease
13. Renal disease
14. Renal disease- black and ethnic minority
15. Motor Neurone Disease/Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
16. Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalopathy
17. Refsum's disease
18. Adult phenylketonuria
19. Osteoporosis
20. Eating disorder associated with obesity
21. Forensic mental health
22. Food allergy
23. HIV/AIDS
24. Type 1 diabetes mellitus
25. Type 2 diabetes mellitus - Kosher diet
26. Type 2 diabetes mellitus - private practice
27. Gestational diabetes mellitus
28. Polycystic ovary syndrome
29. Obesity- specialist management
30. Obesity - Prader Willi Syndrome
31. Bariatric surgery
32. Stroke and dysphagia
33. Hypertension
34. Coronary heart disease
35. H aematological cancer
36. Head and neck cancer
37. Critical care
38. Traumatic brain injury
39. Spinal cord injury
40. Burns
41. Telemedicine - cystic fibrosis
Case studies' answers
Appendices
A1. Dietary recommendations
A2. Weights and measures
A3. Dietary data
A4. Body mass index
A5. Anthropometric and functional data
A6. Predicting energy requirements
A7. Clinical chemistry
Index
About the author
Judy Lawrence is a Research Officer, BDA & Visiting Researcher at King's College London, England
Joan Gandy is a Freelance Dietitian & Visiting Researcher, Nutrition & Dietetics, University of Hertfordshire, Englan.
Pauline Douglas is Senior Lecturer & Clinical Dietetic Facilitator, Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), Ulster University, Northern Ireland.
Summary
Taking a problem-based learning approach to the subject of dietetics and nutrition, Dietetic and Nutrition Case Studies has been written to complement the internationally successful Manual of Dietetic Practice, with case studies cross-referenced accordingly.
