"If you're frail you've had It": A theory of planned behavior study of student nurses' attitudes towards working with older patients

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 900-917

  Mckinlay, Andy ^a,c   Cowan, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645720086     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-9029.2006.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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