'Othering' tactics and treatments of patients with HIV/AIDS: A study of the construct of professional ethics by Thai nurses and nursing trainees

Critical Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-191

  Chan, Kit Yee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Othering; Professional ethics; Stigma; Thai nurses

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STIGMA; THAILAND;

EID: 73949115328     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590802392785     Document Type: Article

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