Evaluation of nurse's attitudes toward adult patients of size

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 536-540

  Gujral, Harpreet ^a   Tea, Christine ^a   Sheridan, Michael ^a  

^a Inova Fair Oaks Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifat bias; Nursing care; Obese patient; Obesity bias; Obesity discrimination; Sensitivity training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDES TOWARD OBESE PERSONS; BELIEFS AGAINST OBESE PERSONS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY TRAINING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79960582907     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: 18787533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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