Mindful eating as a clinical intervention for survivors of head and neck cancer: Interdisciplinary collaboration and strategies to improve oral intake

Topics in Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-346

  Meyers, Stephanie ^a,c   Ott, Mary Jane ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Leonard P Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies; Enteral nutrition; Integrative nutrition; Mind body relationships (nonphysiology); Mindful eating; Oncology nutrition

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIETITIAN; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLAVOR; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASTE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 67650236343     PISSN: 08835691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TIN.0000341346.50589.9e     Document Type: Review

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