Attidutes of Hong Kong high school students towards the nursing profession

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 464-471

  Rossiter, Joh Chin ^a   Foong, Andrew ^b   Chan, Po Tai ^c   Bidewell, John ^d  

^a Intl Medical College Kuala Lumpur ^*  (Australia)

^b International Medical College   (Malaysia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0033169208     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/nedt.1999.0331     Document Type: Article

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