Nurses' and nursing students' attitudes towards late abortions

International Nursing Review

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-73

  Ben Natan, M ^a,b   Melitz, O ^c  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Late abortions; Nurses; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; ISRAEL; MALE; NURSE; NURSING STUDENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; NURSES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 79551479901     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2010.00840.x     Document Type: Article

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