Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 674-679 , October 2010

Nursing and midwife students’ willingness to provide care to patients with HIV/AIDS – A comparative study in Finland, Estonia and Lithuania

  • Maritta Välimäki

      Affiliations

    • University of Turku, Department of Nursing Science, Hospital District of Southwest Finland, Turku, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, 20014, Finland. Tel.: +358 2 333 8495; fax: +358 2 333 8400.
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  • Pekka Makkonen

      Affiliations

    • University of Turku, Department of Nursing Science, Hospital District of Southwest Finland, Turku, Finland
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  • Vida Mockiene

      Affiliations

    • University of Klaipeda, Faculty of Health Sciences, Klaipeda, Lithuania
    • ,
  • Ilme Aro

      Affiliations

    • University of Tartu, Department of Nursing, Tartu, Estonia
    • ,
  • Mari Blek-Vehkaluoto

      Affiliations

    • Finnish Hearth Association, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Natalja Istomina

      Affiliations

    • University of Klaipeda, Faculty of Health Sciences, Klaipeda, Lithuania
    • ,
  • Ima-Riina Kisper-Hint

      Affiliations

    • Tallinn Health College, Tallinn, Estonia
    • ,
  • Vida Staniuliene

      Affiliations

    • Klaipeda College, Klaipeda, Lithuania
    • ,
  • Niina Koponen

      Affiliations

    • University of Tampere, Department of Nursing Science, Tampere, Finland
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  • Maj-Lis Vänskä

      Affiliations

    • Helsinki Polytechnic Metropolia, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Tarja Suominen

      Affiliations

    • University of Tampere, Department of Nursing Science, Tampere, Finland

,Accepted 10 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.01.004

Nurse Education Today
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 674-679 , October 2010

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