The provision of nutritional support for people with cancer.
Nutritional support is one of the most fundamental aspects of nursing practice. Evidence suggests that many patients are malnourished when admitted to hospital and this is a particular problem for patients with cancer (Whitman, 2000).
Leather
Angela
A
Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester.
Bushell
Lyn
L
Gillespie
Loraine
L
D002100:Cachexia / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000451:nursing*; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods