Attitudes towards hospitalized older adults

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 446-453

  McLafferty, Isabella ^a   Morrison, Frederic ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Focus groups; Nurse teachers; Nursing students; Older adults; Registered Nurses

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM; EXPERIENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEACHER;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEGATIVISM; NURSES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 4243062737     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03122.x     Document Type: Article

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