MEDICAL COLLABORATION for Nutritional Therapists

By Lucille Leader

ISBN-13: 978-0-9526056-5-2     (Denor Press)

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Book Contents

  • About the Authors
    • Lucille Leader
    • Dr Geoffrey Leader
    • Dr Serena Leader
    • Professor Leslie Findley
  • Foreword
    • Message from the General Practitioner: Dr Serena Leader
    • From the Desk of the Consultant Neurologist: Prof Leslie Findley
    • From The Office of the Editor, Consultant Anaesthetist: Dr Geoffrey Leader:
  • Introduction by the Nutritional Therapist: Lucille Leader
  • What is Collaborative Medicine?
  • Establishing Contact with the General Practitioner (GP) Options
    • Option 1
    • Clinic Information Examples for the GP
    • Option 2
    • Request to the GP for Information about a Client/Patient
  • Biochemical Tests (NHS and Private)
  • Examples of Communication with the GP
    • request to the GP for biochemical tests within NHS remit
    • report to the GP of test results
    • request to the GP for review of drug side-effect
    • request to the GP for trial of drug to facilitate dietary flexibility
    • request to the GP for referral to speech therapist
    • request to the GP for assessment of newly presenting symptoms
    • urgent alert to the GP about presenting problems
    • relinquishing responsibility for nutritional management
    • alert to the GP about a case that is possibly "at risk"
    • patient confidentiality
    • duty of care and confidentiality
  • When the Oral Route Fails
    • Part 1:
      • Enteral Feeding (Oral-Elemental)
      • Enteral Feeding (Tube-Elemental)
      • Examples of Communication with the GP
        • Request to the GP for oral elemental feeding
        • Recommendation for tube feeding/relinquishing responsibility
    • Part 2:
      • Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)
      • Letter to GP Reporting Malabsorption of Individual Nutrients
  • Anaesthesia/ Surgery and Nutritional Aspects
    • Letter to surgeon requesting elemental oral nutrition
  • When to Relinquish Responsibility for Nutritional Care
  • References
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