Attitudes of army nurses toward African American and Hispanic patients

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 96-100

  Joseph, Hyacinth J ^a  

^a US Gen Leonard Wood Army Hosp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEGRO; NURSING; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 0031014362     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.2.96     Document Type: Article

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