Attitudes toward gay men and lesbians and related factors among nurses in Southern Taiwan

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-79

  Yen, Cheng Fang ^a,b   Pan, Shung Mei ^b   Hou, Shu Ying ^b   Liu, Hsiu Chin ^c   Wu, Shu Jung ^c   Yang, Wen Chiung ^d   Yang, Hsing Hu ^d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TIAN SHENG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Homosexuality; Nurses; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; HOMOSEXUALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORALITY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSE ATTITUDE; OCCUPATION; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33845991534     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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