Looking below the surface: Developing critical literacy skills to reduce the stigma of mental disorders

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 426-430

  McAllister, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPATHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PUBLIC OPINION; QUEENSLAND; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 53849103316     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20080901-06     Document Type: Article

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