Nursing student attitudes to psychiatric nursing and psychiatric disorders in New Zealand

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-108

  Surgenor, Lois J ^a   Dunn, Janet ^b   Horn, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mental illness; Psychiatric nursing; Student attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 22244450062     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14400979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0979.2005.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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