Healthcare professionals' attitudes towards traumatic brain injury (TBI): The influence of profession, experience, aetiology and blame on prejudice towards survivors of brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 802-811

  Redpath, S J ^a   Williams, W H ^b   Hanna, D ^c   Linden, M A ^d   Yates, P ^e   Harris, A ^e  

^a ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Washington DC Campus   (United States)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Healthcare professionals; Helping behaviour; Prejudice; Straumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SURVIVOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 77952250469     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699051003709623     Document Type: Article

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