How to avoid the effects of under- and malnutrition. Medical, nursing, ethical, legal, health economic, and social aspects. Practice of nutrition therapy: determination of nutritional status, enteral and parenteral nutrition, pharmacological therapy measures, practical implementation in hospitals as well as in old people's and nursing homes. Nutritional recommendations and therapy concepts for special patient groups. How to improve the care of your patients and reduce costs at the same time. How to prevent malnourished patients in inpatient treatment from losing even more weight and how to reduce the occurrence of complications. How a nutrition team can provide optimal support. Nutrition at the end of life: too little to live and too much to die - what is ethically justifiable. Guaranteed clear and practical: with 18 ty.