Nutritional care of Danish medical inpatients - Patients' perspectives

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-267

  Lassen, Karin O ^a,d   Kruse, Filip ^b   Bjerrum, Merete ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age; Food service; Hospital; Inpatients; Interviews; Nursing; Nutrition; Nutritional care; Patient satisfaction; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; DENMARK; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENU PLANNING; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 27244452097     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2005.00337.x     Document Type: Review

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