Beliefs about appropriate pain behaviour: Gender differences between health care professionals and non-health care professionals in Hong Kong

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2987-2992

  Leung, Siu Man ^a   Chung, Joanne ^b  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Gender; Nurses; Nursing; Pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 53849110890     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02137.x     Document Type: Article

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