Nurses' attitudes toward substance misusers. II. Experiments and studies comparing nurses to other groups.
Experimental investigations of nurses consistently indicate that a patent labeled as a substance misuser is perceived far more negatively across a range of personal attributes than an identical patient who is not so labeled. Comparative evaluations suggest that nurses are less tolerant of social drinking and drug use and are more morally condemnatory of the chemically dependent than are other health-care professionals.
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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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D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*