Nurses' attitude towards patients with mental illness in a general hospital in Kuwait

Introduction: Stigma and discrimination have been reported to cause unnecessary delay in mentally-ill patients seeking help, which adversely affects a patient's outcome. The attitude of health care professionals has been described as being, even more, negative than that of the general public, w...

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Main Authors: Anwar Al-Awadhi, Farid Atawneh, M. Ziad Y Alalyan, Altaf Ahmad Shahid, Sulaiman Al-Alkhadhari, Muhammad Ajmal Zahid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sjmms.net/article.asp?issn=1658-631X;year=2017;volume=5;issue=1;spage=31;epage=37;aulast=Al-Awadhi