Chinese female nurses' perceptions of male genitalia-related care - Part 1

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 817-825

  Zang, Yu Li ^a   Chung, Loretta Y F ^b   Wong, Thomas K S ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Culture; Gender; Male patient; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; TABOO;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TABOO;

EID: 60249085926     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02419.x     Document Type: Article

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