Hepatitis C virus in primary care: Survey of nurses' attitudes to caring

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 598-608

  Frazer, Kate ^a   Glacken, Michele ^b   Coughlan, Barbara ^a   Staines, Anthony ^c   Daly, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b St Angela's College   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cross sectional survey; Hepatitis C; Nurses; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEAR; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS;

EID: 79951538480     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05516.x     Document Type: Article

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