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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Graeme Drummonden_US
dc.contributor.otherDavidson, C.-
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-17T10:14:00Z-
dc.date.available2021-11-17T10:14:00Z-
dc.date.issued2005-
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.cihe.edu.hk/jspui/handle/cihe/1794-
dc.description.abstractCharacterised by a progressive loss of muscle mass as well as fat, cachexia is a severely debilitating and life-threatening syndrome accounting for approximately 20 per cent of cancer deaths. Cachexia also has a psychological impact on patients. Dr Graeme D Smith and Claire Davidson discuss strategies to increase appetite and reverse the degree of body wasting are paramount interventions in cachectic patients.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoyal College of Nursing Publishing Companyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofCancer Nursing Practiceen_US
dc.titleCachexia and its managementen_US
dc.typejournal articleen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationSchool of Health Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.issn1475-4266en_US
dc.description.volume4en_US
dc.description.issue2en_US
dc.description.startpageS23en_US
dc.description.endpageS26en_US
dc.cihe.affiliatedNo-
item.languageiso639-1en-
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crisitem.author.deptS.K. Yee School of Health Sciences-
crisitem.author.orcid0000-0003-2974-3919-
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