Rubbish no ones forcing patients to eat!! I aggree that you cant force someone to eat but people are not being assisted with feeding on the whole. Food is placed in front of person who cant feed self and food goes cold and patient isnt fed! This happens widely at home in social care packages then the patient gets admitted with illnesses related to malnutrition.
Families could do alot more in hospital and at home too to help with feeding.
Lots of patients give up and lose the will to live. It would be wrong to force feed these patients against their wishes.
The ratio of nursing staff to patients in this country is a disgrace. I was amazed by how much time aussie nurses had for their patients then realised there were 5 or 6 qualified nurses per ward rather than the 2-3 in the uk.