Attitudes of nursing and auxiliary hospital staff toward HIV infection and AIDS in Spain

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 62-69

  Pita Fernández, Salvador ^a,b   Rodríguez Vazquez, Bélgica ^a   Pertega Diaz, Sonia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Attitude; HIV; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; OCCUPATION;

EID: 2642544684     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1055329003256652     Document Type: Article

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