Respect, Protection, Faith, and Love: Major Care Constructs Identified Within the Subculture of Selected Urban African American Adolescent Gang Members

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 262-269

  Morris, Edith J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; African American; ethnonursing; gangs; transcultural health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOVE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; STATISTICS; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRIMINALS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84863216789     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659612441014     Document Type: Article

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