A descriptive study on emergency department doctors' and nurses' knowledge and attitudes concerning substance use and substance users

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-14

  Kelleher, Sean ^a   Cotter, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Knowledge; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DRUG USERS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 58149123066     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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