Acute-care nurses' attitudes towards older patients: A literature review

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 62-69

  Courtney, Mary ^a   Tong, Shilu ^a   Walsh, Anne ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nurses' attitudes; Nurses' knowledge; Older patients; Quality of care; Setting

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0034174833     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172x.2000.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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