Attributes of nurses that determine the quality of care for mentally handicapped people in an institution

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1109-1115

  Lau, Victor Ming Ho ^a,c   Mackenzie, Ann ^b  

^a Mentally Handicapped Unit

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Tower 5 ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030329373     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb01015.x     Document Type: Article

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