Employee Reactions to the Introduction of a Bulk Food Distribution System: In a Nursing Home

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 18-25

  Shatenstein, Bryna ^a   Ska, Bernadette ^a   Ferland, Guylaine ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0035288752     PISSN: 14863847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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