Nurses' attitudes towards lesbians and gay men

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 386-392

  Röndahl, Gerd ^a   Innala, Sune ^b   Carlsson, Marianne ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitude; Beliefs; Homophobia; Homosexuality; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEAR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SWEDEN; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING STAFF; STUDENTS, NURSING; SWEDEN;

EID: 4243115102     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03116.x     Document Type: Article

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