Too frightened to care? Accounts by district nurses working with clients who misuse substances

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-245

  Peckover, Sue ^a   Chidlaw, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

District nursing; Prejudice; Stereotyping; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; FEAR; HUMAN; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

FEAR; HUMANS; NURSES; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34247345851     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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