“I prefer a male nurse to a female nurse”: patients’ preference for, and satisfaction with nursing care provided by male nurses at the Komfo Anokye teaching hospital
Abstract Background Although most male nurses join the profession for self-actualisation, the cultural and societal stereotyping of male nurses as “He-Man”, “gay” and “troublemakers”, and their marginalisation at the hospital during certain personal and intimate care procedures, tend to deepen the e...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-10-01
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| Series: | BMC Nursing |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12912-019-0369-4 |