Nurses' perceptions of risk from emerging respiratory infectious diseases: A Singapore study

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-204

  Koh, Yiwen ^a   Hegney, Desley ^b   Drury, Vicki ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infectious diseases; Nurses; Respiratory; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE;

HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; NURSES; PATIENT ISOLATION; PERCEPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84858790530     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2012.02018.x     Document Type: Article

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