Attitudes and knowledge of the Greek nursing students towards older people

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 617-622

  Lambrinou, Ekaterini ^a   Sourtzi, Panayota ^b   Kalokerinou, Athena ^b   Lemonidou, Chrysoula ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Knowledge; Nursing students; Older people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; GREECE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; STUDENTS, NURSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649226062     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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