The attitudes of casualty nurses in Taiwan to patients who have attempted suicide

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-263

  Sun, Fan Ko ^a,c   Long, Ann ^b   Boore, Jennifer ^b  

^a TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Casualty nurses; Mental health; Nursing; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMPATHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TAIWAN;

EID: 33846164420     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01479.x     Document Type: Article

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