Jordanian nursing students' attitudes toward the elderly

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-30

  Hweidi, Issa M ^a   Al Obeisat, Salwa M ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Jordan; Nursing; Older people; Students' attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INCOME; JORDAN; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; JORDAN; MALE; NEGATIVISM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 29944438893     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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