Attitudes of nursing students towards caring for people with HIV/AIDS: Thematic literature review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2262-2273

  Pickles, David ^a   King, Lindy ^a   Belan, Ingrid ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Avoidance; HIV AIDS; Literature review; Nurse education; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NURSING; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 70349850753     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05128.x     Document Type: Article

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