Attitudes among nurse educators toward homosexuality

Journal of Nursing Education

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 219-227

  Sirota, Theodora ^a,b  

^a CALDWELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALITY; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALITY; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875990827     PISSN: 01484834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20130320-01     Document Type: Article

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