Measures of homophobia among nursing students and faculty: A midwestern perspective

International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Dinkel, Shirley ^a   Patzel, Brenda ^a  

^a WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterosexism; Homophobia; Nursing; Students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; FACULTY, NURSING; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 36749100998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1548923X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1548-923X.1491     Document Type: Article

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