All Outputs (5)

Nutrition and quality of life in adults receiving palliative care. (2011)
Book Chapter
Fleming, M., Martin, C. R., & Hollins Martin, C. J. (2011). Nutrition and quality of life in adults receiving palliative care. In V. R. Preedie (Ed.), Diet and Nutrition in palliative care (75-88). Routledge

Palliative care refers to treatment and care delivered when the disease/illness is not responsive to curative treatment. The World Health Organization defines palliative care as ‘an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their fam... Read More about Nutrition and quality of life in adults receiving palliative care..

Nutritional intervention and quality of life in palliative care patients (2011)
Journal Article
Fleming, M., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2011). Nutritional intervention and quality of life in palliative care patients. British Journal of Nursing, 20, 1320-1324

Quality of life measures can be used by health professionals to assess effectiveness of nutritional interventions administered to palliative care patients. Stabilizing, maintaining and attempting to increase weight in palliative care patients through... Read More about Nutritional intervention and quality of life in palliative care patients.

Using timelines as part of recovery-focused practice in psychosis: Timelines and recovery in psychosis (2011)
Journal Article
Marland, G., McNay, L., Fleming, M., & McCaig, M. (2011). Using timelines as part of recovery-focused practice in psychosis: Timelines and recovery in psychosis. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 18(10), 869-877. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.

The value of timelines is discussed with regard to the promotion of recovery, particularly emphasizing relapse signature and concordance in medicine-taking. Recovery approaches in contemporary mental health care rely on understanding motivations, asp... Read More about Using timelines as part of recovery-focused practice in psychosis: Timelines and recovery in psychosis.

The Impact of Dietary Restrictions on Quality of Life in Kidney Disease (2011)
Book Chapter
Glover, C., Banks, P., Carson, A., Fleming, M. P., & Martin, C. R. (2011). The Impact of Dietary Restrictions on Quality of Life in Kidney Disease. In Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition, 3187-3197. Springer Science + Business Media. https://doi.org

Kidney disease represents a chronic, distressing, and debilitating diagnosis with relatively few treatment options and those options that are available are associated with a number of complications that impact deleteriously on the individual patient’... Read More about The Impact of Dietary Restrictions on Quality of Life in Kidney Disease.

Dysphagia, Behavior, and Quality of Life (2011)
Book Chapter
de Luis, D. A., Fleming, M. P., & Martin, C. R. (2011). Dysphagia, Behavior, and Quality of Life. In Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition, 3163-3172. Springer Science + Business Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92271-3_196

Oropharyngeal dysphagia is associated with high mortality, morbidity, and cost. Estimates of the prevalence of dysphagia among individuals older than 50 years ranges from 15% to 22%. The correct evaluation of a patient with dysphagia must not only ta... Read More about Dysphagia, Behavior, and Quality of Life.