An investigation of nursing staff attitudes and emotional reactions towards patients with intellectual disability in a general hospital setting

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-365

  Lewis, Sharna ^a   Stenfert Kroese, Biza ^a  

^a South Birmingham NHS Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Healthcare; Hospitals; Intellectual disability; Nurses; Patients

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954648164     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2009.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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