Just how male are male nurses.?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1327-1334

  Loughrey, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Caring; Gender; Men; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MALE NURSE; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; NURSES, MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 42149187017     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02250.x     Document Type: Article

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