A bedside food cart as an alternate food service for acute and palliative oncological patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 611-614

  Pietersma, Patti ^a   Follett Bick, Sandra ^a   Wilkinson, Brenda ^a   Guebert, Nancy ^a   Fisher, Kim ^a   Pereira, Jose ^a  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Food cart; Nutrition; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE; HUMAN; KITCHEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CANADA; FOOD SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MENU PLANNING; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0141850316     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-003-0503-3     Document Type: Article

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