Nurses'work with lgbtq patients: "They're just like everybody else, so what's the difference?"

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 44-63

  Beagan, Brenda L ^a   Fredericks, Erin ^a   Goldberg, Lisa ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Lesbian; LGBTQ issues; Nursing practice; Qualitative research; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXISM; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BISEXUALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXISM; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867940965     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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