Core, clinical and ethical competences of dietitians/nutritionists in palliative care

Cintia Pinho-Reis*, António Sarmento, Manuel Luís Capelas

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Dietitians/nutritionists professional competences in Palliative Care have been poorly investigated. Thus, to dietitians/nutritionists develop their jobs with scientific and technical rigour based on an ethical point of view it is necessary that they have their professional competences very well defined. OBJECTIVES: To identify a set of professional competences of dietitians/nutritionists in the field of Palliative Care. METHODOLOGY: Systematic literature review in Pubmed, CINAHL, Academic Search Complete, and Web of Science. RESULTS: A set of 32 publications were found and analysed. From these publications the competence were identified and grouped in the following dominions: 13 core competences, 30 clinical competences, 18 ethical competences. CONCLUSIONS: Dietitians/nutritionists are the professionals who aggregates knowledge and expands the technical competences of nutritional care and support in Palliative Care.
Translated title of the contributionCompetências centrais, clínicas e éticas dos nutricionistas nos cuidados paliativos
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)26-30
Number of pages5
JournalActa Portuguesa de Nutrição
Issue number37
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Keywords

  • Competence
  • Dietitian
  • End of life
  • Palliative care

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