Attitudes toward dementia-related aggression among staff in Japanese aged care settings

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 807-816

  Nakahira, Miwa ^a   Moyle, Wendy ^a   Creedy, Debra ^a   Hitomi, Hiroe ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Kagawa Prefectural College of Health Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged care; Aggression management; Attitudes; Dementia care; Nursing care; Restraint

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; COMPLICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60249083583     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02479.x     Document Type: Article

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