'The transit of the food trolley'- malnutrition in older people and nurses' perception of the problem

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 440-448

  Bonetti, Loris ^a   Bagnasco, Annamaria ^a   Aleo, Giuseppe ^a   Sasso, Loredana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Hospital malnutrition; Nursing; Nutritional care; Older people; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84877841402     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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