Walking the talk: Insights into dynamics of race and gender for nurses

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 317-325

  Choiniere, Jacqueline A ^a   MacDonnell, Judith ^a   Shamonda, Hope ^a  

^a York University   (Canada)

Author keywords

gender; nurses; racialized; support; violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; NURSING CARE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ONTARIO; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79955625502     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154410396222     Document Type: Article

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