title: [Nutrition of the terminally ill patient: dietetic guidelines].
abstract: Food is a factor of great importance in personal relationship during the terminal phase. There are numerous causes of appetite and taste disturbances that must be known by the family and physician. Some ideas are provided about the different ways to improve nutrition and appetite as a part of a plurisymptomatic management to maintain the patient's comfort until his last days of life.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Matía, San Sebastián.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Astudillo Alarcón
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mendinueta Aguirre
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tamés
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004032:Diet; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: La alimentación en el enfermo terminal: consejos dietéticos.