Nurses' blame attributions towards different types of cancer: A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1600-1606

  Wang, Linda Dong Ling ^a,b   Zhan, Liying ^c   Zhang, Jingyu ^d   Xia, Zhengyuan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL AND YUYING CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Attribution; Blame; Cancer care; Chinese nurses; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSING STAFF; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936086684     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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