The attitudes and attributions of student nurses: Do they alter according to a person's diagnosis or sexuality and what is the effect of nurse training?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 740-748

  Stewart, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; Attitudes; Attributions; Discrimination; Homosexuality; Prejudice; Student nurse

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKEMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXUALITY; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 0033193182     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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