Empathetic attitudes of undergraduate paramedic and nursing students towards four medical conditions: A three-year longitudinal study

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e14-e18

  Williams, Brett ^a   Boyle, Malcolm ^a   Fielder, Chris ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Medical Condition Regard Scale (MCRS); Nursing; Paramedic; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STUDENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREJUDICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, NURSING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921389834     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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