Knowledge levels and attitudes of health care professionals toward patients with hepatitis C infection

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2238-2244

  Joukar, Farahnaz ^a   Mansour Ghanaei, Fariborz ^a   Soati, Fatemeh ^a   Meskinkhoda, Panah ^a  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitude; Health professional; Hepatitis C; Knowledge; Patient care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84866240605     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i18.2238     Document Type: Article

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