Uncovering racial bias in nursing fundamentals textbooks

Nursing and Health Care Perspectives

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 299-303

  Byrne, Michelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans in nursing; Cultural competence; Eurocentric bias; Multicultural education; Nursing education; Nursing textbooks; Racial bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042403872     PISSN: 10942831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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