Professional nurses at a psychiatric hospital in the Western Cape’s knowledge and attitudes towards care of patients with eating disorders
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Date
2023
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Background: Eating disorders are weakening conditions that will affect a person’s physical and mental well-being. In South Africa, the treatment of eating disorders has changed over the years with more patients being treated in the private sector and on an out-patient basis. However, patients admitted to public psychiatric hospitals are still dependent on the care provided by professional nurses. Eating disorders are a wide range of disorders that require highly specialized care; hence the knowledge and attitudes of health workers in general, and nurses, are important for its management.
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Magister Curationis - MCur
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Anorexia Nervosa, Attitude, Binge Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Eating Disorders