Insufficient nutritional knowledge among health care workers?

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 196-202

  Mowe, Morten ^a,g   Bosaeus, Ingvar ^b   Rasmussen, Henrik Højgaard ^c   Kondrup, Jens ^d   Unosson, Mitra ^e   Rothenberg, Elisabet ^b   Irtun, Øivind ^f   The Scandinavian Nutrition group, ^h  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e Department of Medicine and Care   (Sweden)

^f University of Northern Norway   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Doctors; Knowledge; Nurses; Nutrition; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DENMARK; DIET THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORWAY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCANDINAVIA; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NORWAY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SWEDEN;

EID: 41349109287     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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