Critical thinking disposition of Hong Kong Chinese and Australian nursing students

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 298-307

  Tiwari, Agnes ^a,d   Avery, Alan ^b   Lai, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Australian; California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory; Chinese; Critical thinking; Cultural variation; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALOID RACE; CHINESE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; THINKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATION, NURSING; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STUDENTS, NURSING; THINKING;

EID: 0242606901     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02805.x     Document Type: Article

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