Developed by well-known author and nutritionist Sylvia Escott-Stump, the Sixth Edition of this classic text provides timely, pertinent medical nutrition therapy information for the care of patients with over 360 diseases, disorders, and conditions. Each entry for a condition includes vital background information, objectives for care, dietary and nutritional recommendations, and commonly used medications and herbal or botanical remedies and their potential side effects. This edition features a new full-color art program and additional clinical photographs. The new Dietary Reference Intakes are used throughout the book. An expanded complementary nutrition section provides vital information on herbs, botanicals, and dietary supplements.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
very helpful resource:
I was required to buy this book as an intern, and never once used it. In my job now as a clinical dietitian, however, I find it to be an invaluable resource.
Excellent reference for clinical dietitians:
This book is invaluable. I have interns through my hospital pretty regularly and make them purchase this book to help w/their assessments. It is also a great reference for all RDs no matter what your skill level. There is always a disease process out there that you may not be familiar with.
Great Book!:
Just received this book, need it for a dietetic internship at a large hospital system on Long Island. Great for brief descriptions and nutrition interventions on disease. Was recommended to get this book by a lot of dietetic interns so i'm sure it will come in extremely useful.
Great book, if it didn't fall apart!:
I am very dissapointed with the poor spiral binding on this book, (4th edition)! As a dietetic student, I don't have much money to spend on books as it is. As much as this one is priced, the publishers could have put a higher quality binding on it, (or made it a paperback, like previous editions). Pages are falling out constantly, especially since it the type of book you refer to all the time.
