An international collaborative study comparing Swedish and Japanese nurses' reactions to elder abuse

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-68

  Erlingsson, Christen ^a   Ono, Mitsu ^b   Sasaki, Akiko ^c   Saveman, Britt Inger ^d  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community and public health nursing; Content analysis; Elder abuse; International collaboration; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDER ABUSE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ELDER ABUSE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 83855165816     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05712.x     Document Type: Article

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