The power of women as nurses in South Africa

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1272-1279

  Van Der Merwe, Anita S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Epistemology; Phenomenological research; Power(fulness); Powerlessness; Rurality; South Africa; Standpoint theory; Women as nurses

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NEGRO; NURSE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WORK;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0033258263     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01226.x     Document Type: Article

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