Nursing students' beliefs about poverty and health

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-309

  Reutter, Linda I ^a   Sword, Wendy ^b   Meagher Stewart, Donna ^c   Rideout, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Clinical placements; Health; Nursing education; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LITERATURE; NURSING EDUCATION; POVERTY; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; STUDENT; TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 7644233750     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03199.x     Document Type: Review

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