Nurses' attitudes toward substance misusers. I. Surveys.
Studies of nurses' attitude toward substance misusers, spanning three decades, are reviewed. Survey findings reflect greater acceptance of alcohol and drug misusers in recent years. However, significant minorities of nurses continue to regard substance users as immoral, characterologically defective, and unlikely to recover. Implications of these attitudes for treatment of substance misusers are discussed.
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George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA. howard@gwbmail.wustl.edu
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D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses; D011287:Prejudice; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders