Male nurses - Reasons for entering and experiences of being in the profession

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-118

  Soerlie, Venke ^a,d   Talseth, Anne Grethe ^b,c   Norberg, Astrid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Universidad de Tromso   (Norway)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Education; Feminine values; Gender; Leaders; Male nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031008528     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1997.tb00441.x     Document Type: Article

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