'Is elderly care affected by nurse attitudes?' A systematic review

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 225-229

  Hanson, Ruth M ^a  

^a CALDERDALE AND HUDDERSFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Elderly; Knowledge deficit; Student nurses

Indexed keywords

AGED; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF;

EID: 84901029830     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2014.23.4.225     Document Type: Article

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