The effect of psychiatric education on attitudes to illness among the Ganda.

Autor: Orley, J. H., Leff, J. P.
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Zdroj: British Journal of Psychiatry; Aug72, Vol. 121 Issue 561, p137-141, 5p, 2 Charts
Abstrakt: The article presents a study on the changes in attitude to illness amongst educated the Ganda tribe in Uganda. A Semantic Differential was prepared using 11 diseases as elements and eight constructs. A Semantic Differential was made in an attempt to measure changes in attitude to illness amongst educated Ugandans. A group of 19 qualified nurses with a group of 17 nurses at the very beginning of their training and with a group of 17 secondary school pupils of about the same educational standard as the student nurses were compared in order to investigate the effects of psychiatric nursing training.
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