Nurses' attitudes towards people with dementia: The semantic differential technique

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-274

  Norbergh, Karl Gustaf ^a   Helin, Yvonne ^b   Dahl, Annika ^a   Hellzén, Ove ^a   Asplund, Kenneth ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Mid Sweden University ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Dementia; Entropy; Nursing; Semantic differential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMENTIA; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, PRACTICAL; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 33646678478     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: 14770989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733006ne863oa     Document Type: Article

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