Chinese nurses' attitudes and beliefs toward sexuality care in cancer patients

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Zeng, Ying Chun ^a   Li, Qiuping ^b   Wang, Nina ^c   Ching, Shirley S Y ^a   Loke, Alice Yuen ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Central South University   (China)

Author keywords

Attitudes and beliefs; Cancer care; Nursing; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING EDUCATION; ONCOLOGY NURSE; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUALITY ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS SURVEY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSES; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952313324     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181f04b02     Document Type: Article

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