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| Palliative care | Nutrition and metabolic disorders | |
Nutrition and metabolic disorders are very frequent and are of great concern for the patient's family. Seeing a patient eating nothing is, for the family, a great source of suffering, synonymous to imminent death.
Cancer cachexia (Text identical to General History Chapter)
Hypercalcaemia (Text identical to Emergency Chapter)
Hyponatremia (Text identical to Emergency Chapter)
The following chapter deals with spiritual difficulties (page 10). |
The previous chapter dealt with skin disorders (page 8) |
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