title: Food refusal amongst nursing home patients as conceptualized by nurses' aids and enrolled nurses: an interview study.
abstract: One hundred and forty-three nurses' aids and 48 enrolled nurses at nursing homes in Sweden were interviewed about food refusal among patients. It became evident that their concepts of 'food refusal' and 'forced feeding' were very vague. This could partly be explained by the lack of knowledge among staff of how to interpret the frequent ambiguous eating behaviours among demented patients. It has been suggested that concept clarification and ethical analysis might reduce anxiety among staff caring for patients with severe eating problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Nursing, University of Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Norberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bäckström
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Athlin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Norberg
mesh_terms: D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D009726:Nurses; D009728:Nursing Assistants; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000592:standards*; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013548:Sweden