Attitudes of jordanian mental health nurses toward mental illness and patients with mental illness

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 705-711

  Hamdan Mansour, Ayman M ^a   Wardam, Lina A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JORDAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB SATISFACTION; JORDAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 70349943785     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840903131792     Document Type: Article

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