"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

• Main Authors: Hayford Isaac Budu (Author), Emmanuel Mawuli Abalo (Author), Victoria Bubunyo Bam (Author), Deus Osei Agyemang (Author), Shirley Noi (Author), Florence A. Budu (Author), Prince Peprah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 pr...