Nursing students' perceptions towards cancer and caring for cancer patients in Turkey

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-10

  Kav, Sultan ^a   Citak, Ebru Akgun ^a   Akman, Arzu ^a   Erdemir, Firdevs ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; Care; Education; Experiences; Focus group; Nursing students; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, NURSING; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871712625     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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