Hepatitis C: Studying stigma

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 346-352

  Moore, Grace A ^a   Hawley, Diane A ^b   Bradley, Pat ^b  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS C; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 58749101031     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SGA.0000338279.40412.96     Document Type: Article

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