Hospital inpatients' experiences of access to food: A qualitative interview and observational study

Health Expectations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-303

  Naithani, Smriti ^a   Whelan, Kevin ^a   Thomas, Jane ^a   Gulliford, Martin C ^a   Morgan, Myfanwy ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to services; Food service; Hospital; Hunger; Patient experience; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL FOOD SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; HUNGER; INPATIENTS; LONDON; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49749113284     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2008.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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