"We may be different, but we are still nurses": An exploratory study of drug and alcohol nurses in Australia

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-32

  Happell, Breads ^a   Taylor, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0032602202     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016128499248763     Document Type: Article

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