Views and attitudes of nursing students towards ageing and older patients

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 24-30

  Celik, Sevilay Senol ^a   Kapucu, Sevgisun ^a   Tuna, Zahide ^a   Akkus, Yeliz ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ageing; Attitudes; Nursing student; Older patient

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955126922     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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