Non-English speaking background high school students' attitudes towards the nursing profession

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 604-613

  Rossiter, Joh Chin ^b   Bidewell, John ^a   Chan, Po Tai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CAREER CHOICE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS;

EID: 0032014364     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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