Nutrition Support Meets Ethics: Advancing Changes in Clinical Practice (M21)

Breakout

Date & Time:

February 15, 2027

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT

Format:

In Person & Virtual

CE Credits:

1.5 Hours

UAN: JA0002345-0000-27-023-L99-P

Course Level:

Intermediate

EN

Enteral Content Included

session objectives:

What You'll Learn

  • Critically examine the ethical principles underpinning nutrition care within multicultural and pluralistic healthcare contexts in oncology.
  • Synthesize ethical, clinical, and patient-centered considerations.
  • Describe how siloed practice patterns delay timely nutrition support intervention and complicate ethical feeding decisions in the oncology setting.
  • Identify strategies to address challenging nutrition support scenarios while both placing patient concerns at the center and balancing patient, family, and clinician concerns within an ethical framework.

Topics & Presenters

When Nutrition Meets Ethics in Oncology: A Call for Reflection

Diana Cardenas
MD.PhD

Physician and Researcher

Nutrition Unit, Gustave Roussy Cancer Center

Villejuif, France

Time to Feed: Interprofessional Approaches to Cachexia, Malnutrition, and Ethical Nutrition Decisions in Oncology

Dylan Sherry
MD, MA (Bioethics)

Director of Medical Education

Supportive Oncology and Palliative Care Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Assistant Professor

Supportive Oncology and Palliative Care Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Program Director

Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, PA

Time to Feed: Interprofessional Approaches to Cachexia, Malnutrition, and Ethical Nutrition Decisions in Oncology

Jaylin Staunton
MS, RD, LDN, CNSC

Clinical Nutrition and Research Supervisor

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, PA

The Art of Ethical Enteral Nutrition Care Throughout the Illness Trajectory: The Essential Role of Nutrition Support Nurses

Martha Hagenbrock
MS, APRN, CNP, CNSC, CCMS

Nurse Practitioner, Home Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

Moderators:

Alison Evans

RD, LD, CNSC

Nutrition Support Specialist

KabaFusion

Atlanta, GA

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