Attitudes of nurses in a general hospital towards people with learning disabilities: Influences of contact, and graduate-non-graduate status, a comparative study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1116-1126

  Slevin, Eamonn ^a,b   Sines, David ^b  

^a Department of Nursing ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0030330539     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb01016.x     Document Type: Article

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