Medical and non-medical female students' attitudes toward mental illness and psychiatric patientsat Umm Al Qura university

Life Science Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 882-888

  Abo El magd, Manal H ^a,b   Al Zami, Luma ^b,c  

^a Faculty of Nursing El Minia University   (Egypt)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; medical; Mental illness; Non medical students; Psychiatric patients

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878085550     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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