title: Effect of contact on nursing students' attitudes to patients.
abstract: Shortly before and shortly after they went on district nurse and mental handicap placements the attitudes of university nursing students to elderly people, people who are disabled and people with a mental handicap were assessed. Before the placements the students had a more favourable attitude towards elderly people and towards those who are disabled than towards those with a mental handicap. After the placements their attitudes towards those with a disability had improved. These findings are discussed with reference to the character of the placements.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chambers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008297:Male; D015399:Nursing Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*