Working with girls living on the streets in East Africa: Professionals' experiences

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 489-497

  Savenstedt, Stefan ^a   Häggstrom, Terttu ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Child abuse; Counselling; Gender issues; Life history; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; ETHICS; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE HISTORY; NURSING STAFF; PHENOMENOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COUNSELING; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRUST;

EID: 19744380794     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03424.x     Document Type: Article

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