How does stigma influence mental health nursing identities? An ethnographic study of the meaning of stigma for nursing role identities in two Belgian Psychiatric Hospitals

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 307-316

  Sercu, Charlotte ^a,b   Ayala, Ricardo A ^a   Bracke, Piet ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Identity theory; Mental health care; Mental health nursing; Stigma

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NURSE ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STEREOTYPING;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BELGIUM; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84919416417     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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