The (un)-certainties of district nurses in the context of cultural diversity

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 377-385

  Peckover, Sue ^a   Chidlaw, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Discrimination; District nursing; Inequalities in health; Interviews; Minority ethnic groups; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34247613475     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04247.x     Document Type: Article

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