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What is a central question raised by challenging and extreme situations in nutritional care?
Whether nutritional care is a legitimate form of care in medical practice
What is an example of a challenging situation mentioned in the text that questions the limits and ethical values in nutritional care?
Palliative care
What does the role of health care professionals involve when disease impacts nutritional status?
Assisting the person to cover the individual's need for nutrients and support metabolic perturbations by nutritional care
What can help understand and analyze the ethical foundations of the practice of clinical nutrition?
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What does nutrition therapy as a medical intervention require according to the text?
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Nutrition therapy is not considered a medical intervention.
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Nutritional care ethics only applies to certain cultural societies.
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Palliative care is specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness, such as cancer or heart failure.
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The Ethics of Care cannot help to understand and analyze the ethical foundations of the practice of clinical nutrition.
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The role of health care professionals is to assist the person in order to cover the individual's need for nutrients and support the metabolic perturbations by nutritional care.
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