The impact of discrimination against older people with dementia and its impact on student nurses professional socialisation

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 221-227

  Chan, Pamela A ^a   Chan, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SURREY AND BORDERS PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Dementia; Discrimination; Education

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; CURRICULUM; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSES; PREJUDICE;

EID: 67349137180     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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