Open arms, conflicted hearts: nurse-practitioner's attitudes towards working with lesbian, gay and bisexual patients

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 23-24, 2016, Pages 3716-3727

  Dorsen, Caroline ^a   Van Devanter, Nancy ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health disparities; LGBT health; nurse practitioner attitudes; qualitative research; stigma discrimination

Indexed keywords

BISEXUALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMFORT; EDUCATION; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONALISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGISTERED NURSE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STIGMA; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; SEXUALITY;

EID: 84996524097     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13464     Document Type: Article

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