A review of the psychosocial issues for nurses in male genitalia-related care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 983-998

  Zang, Yu Li ^a,b   Chung, Loretta Yf ^a   Wong, Thomas Ks ^b,c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c School of Nursing

Author keywords

Male genitalia; Male patient; Nursing; Psychosocial; Sexuality; Staff

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW;

GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 40449084958     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02067.x     Document Type: Review

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