Staff members' feelings toward psychiatric patients related to their own and the patient's self-image and gender

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-77

  Armelius, Kerstin ^a   Holmqvist, Rolf ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Psychiatric patients; Self image; Staff feelings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0038238208     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00323     Document Type: Article

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