Nash, M J and Romanos, M T (2010) An exploration of mental health nursing students' experiences and attitudes towards using cigarettes to change client's behaviour. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 17, (8), pp. 683-691. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.2010.01605.x.
There are ethical and moral dilemmas around using lifestyle risk factors as rewards or using client's nicotine addiction as a means of controlling behaviour. The question of whether this intervention should ever be used, given its associated health risk, requires more critical debate in clinical practice.
F Concepts in psychology > Attitude
HJ Treatment or recovery method > Behaviour therapy
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Patient / client care management
T Demographic characteristics > Young adult
T Demographic characteristics > Undergraduate or graduate college student
T Demographic characteristics > Nurse / Midwife
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland
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