Health care professionals' knowledge and attitudes regarding substance use and substance users

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 161-165

  Kelleher, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Drug abuse; Drug misuse; Knowledge; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IRELAND; NEGATIVISM; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34548102344     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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