CASE AND COMMENTARY: PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE How Should Food Offered by Health Care Organizations Meet Individual, Community, and Ecological Needs?

Abstract

This commentary on a case suggests why health care organizations have responsibilities to serve food to their patients, guests, and employees that is ethically, nutritionally, culturally, and religiously appropriate. This article also investigates how inclusive, equitable, sustainable food services are key dimensions of health care organizations’ civic and stewardship responsibilities to individuals and communities.