Palliativ behandling av kakeksi og dehydrering

• Nasjonal kompetansetjeneste for sykdomsrelatert underernæring (NKSU) - nettsted 

• Helsedirektoratet, Nasjonalt handlingsprogram med retningslinjer for palliasjon i kreftomsorgen, revidert 2019. 

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• Silje Folven Barlindhaug, spesialist i allmennmedisin, redaksjonsmedarbeider i NEL

Tidligere fagmedarbeidere

• Terje Johannessen, professor i allmennmedisin, Trondheim (tilpasning til NEL)