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In which extreme situations does nutritional care question the limits and ethical values at stake?
In which extreme situations does nutritional care question the limits and ethical values at stake?
- Cancer, heart failure, and terminal illness
- Palliative care, dementia, and intensive care (correct)
- Nutritional care does not question ethical values in any situation
- Persistent vegetative state and aged patients
What is the primary role of health care professionals when disease impacts nutritional status and the natural oral intake of food and liquids is disturbed?
What is the primary role of health care professionals when disease impacts nutritional status and the natural oral intake of food and liquids is disturbed?
- Encourage the patient to rely solely on natural oral intake
- Provide nutrition therapy with a clear indication and therapeutic goal (correct)
- Recommend alternative food sources for the patient to obtain nutrients
- Suggest taking over-the-counter nutritional supplements
What is the primary goal of nutrition therapy in challenging and extreme situations?
What is the primary goal of nutrition therapy in challenging and extreme situations?
- To encourage natural oral intake of food and liquids
- To restrict the patient's diet to basic food items
- To limit the use of enteral and parenteral nutrition
- To support the metabolic perturbations by providing necessary nutrients (correct)
What type of medical intervention is nutrition therapy considered to be?
What type of medical intervention is nutrition therapy considered to be?
Which ethical framework can help in understanding the ethical foundations of the practice of clinical nutrition?
Which ethical framework can help in understanding the ethical foundations of the practice of clinical nutrition?
What is the central question posed regarding nutritional care as an ethical subject in medical practice?
What is the central question posed regarding nutritional care as an ethical subject in medical practice?
In what situation does the role of health care professionals involve administering enteral and parenteral nutrition?
In what situation does the role of health care professionals involve administering enteral and parenteral nutrition?
What type of care is palliative care?
What type of care is palliative care?
What does the role of health care professionals involve in aged patients during challenging situations?
What does the role of health care professionals involve in aged patients during challenging situations?
