Higher education provision for professionals working with people with dementia: A scoping exercise

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-13

  Pulsford, David ^a   Hope, Kevin ^b   Thompson, Rachel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Education Support Link   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Higher education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, NURSING, DIPLOMA PROGRAMS; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; ENGLAND; FACULTY, NURSING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 33845287988     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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