Publisher's Synopsis
A clear, concise and practical guide to therapeutic diets that shows nurses how to integrate dietary considerations into their nursing care. Describes the dietary treatment of 98 specific diseases as well as the role of diet in cancer, burns, and the peri-operative period. Relates diet to the patho-physiology of the disease and other treatment modalities, including diet-drug interrelationships. Provides suggested nursing diagnoses related to nutritional or dietary problems.