An international survey on attitudes of renal nurses towards older people

Journal of Renal Care

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 213-221

  Zampieron, Alessandra ^a   Saraiva, Maria ^b   Corso, Michele ^a   Buja, Alessandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Inovação e Desenvolvimento em Enfermagem   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Nursing; Older people; Renal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY NURSING; NURSE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY NURSING; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84870272213     PISSN: 17556678     EISSN: 17556686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6686.2012.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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