Caring for patients living with AIDS: Knowledge, attitude and global level of comfort

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-204

  Oyeyemi, Adetoyeje ^a   Oyeyemi, Bashir ^b   Bello, Ibraheem ^c  

^a Susan Smith McKinney Nursing and Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); Attitude; Knowledge; Level of comfort; Nigeria; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33645243048     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03715.x     Document Type: Article

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