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Dying A Guide To A More Peaceful Death

Thought for you today:Food and Nutrition is the most difficult end of life issue ,mostly for family and friends. With an early diagnosis of a devastating illness it is important to eat well and also supplement with protein drinks to help get the person thru surgery, chemo or radiation. However, when it appears that this person is near end of life,because the organs are shutting down rarely will a person want to or be able to eat and force feeding often causes more harm than good. Please see (chapter11) for more detail.

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