Examining Access to Nutrition Care in Outpatient Cancer Centers: Proceedings of a Workshop

by Food and Nutrition Board, Health and Medicine Division, Engineering National Academies of Sciences

An estimated 90 percent of oncology patients in the United States receive treatment in outpatient cancer centers and clinics. This change from the older model of inpatient care has important implications for overall quality of care for oncology patients and nutritional care in particular. Amidst growing concern about access to oncology nutrition services, combined with growing recognition of the importance of providing nutritional care to optimize...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030944585X
• ISBN13: 9780309445856
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 128 Pages