A review of the nursing literature on attitudes towards old people.
This paper reviews recent research in the area of nurses' attitudes towards old people. Published work is categorized into that dealing with the effects on attitudes of characteristics of the nurses being studied, characteristics of the patients, intervention programmes and related attitudes held by the nurses. British and American work is considered. Much of the published work reviewed is found to be lacking in one or more respects. These shortcomings relate to sampling, design features, measures used and data analysis. It is concluded that research in the area will need to be improved if major policy decisions concerning the care of the elderly are to be well-informed.
D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006268:Health Facilities; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D011050:Policy Making; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States