Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evidence-based practice / Simon Igo -- The use of reflection in advancing practice / Lynne Clouder -- Changing behaviour / Dympna Pearson -- Transition to adult care / Paula Hallam -- The control of food intake and absorption of nutrients / Anne Payne -- Drug nutrient interactions / Rebecca White -- Food hypersensitivity--allergy and intolerance / Isabel Skypala -- Irritable bowel disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer / Anne Payne -- Short bowel syndrome / Kirstine Farrer and Lindsay Harper -- Enteral nutrition / Paula Murphy -- Parenteral nutrition / Paula Murphy -- Thermal injury / Lynne D. Hubbard -- Nutrition and liver disease / Michelle M. Romano and Jaime Aranda-Michel -- HIV / Clare Stradling -- Palliative care / Cathy Payne and Max Watson -- Renal disease / Avril Collinson -- Diabetes / Lindsay Oliver and Nick Lewis-Barned -- Obesity / Linda Hindle and David Kendrick -- Cardiovascular disease / Katherine E. Paterson ... [et al.] -- Management of stroke / Marion Ireland -- Neurological conditions / Karen Green -- Mental health / Ursula Philpot.