Abstract
Serving of refreshments to patients during dialysis treatment belongs to a certain extent above regular standard. Our survey carried out between private and public centers at the Czech / Slovak Republic confirms that each center has completely it's own approach.
To highlight the importance of quality of refreshments and service during the treatment for the sake of: A.: educating patients to a proper eating habits, especially to consume adequately large, nutrient-and energy-balanced diet portions, which correspond to their dietary restriction, B: preparing to patients a while of "common lunch or dinner," and thus evoke the atmosphere of peace and quiet, as they know it from a family and friends. It suddenly also gets other "social - ethical dimension".