Knowledge, stereotyping and attitudes towards self ageing

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 74-79

  Getting, Lindsay ^a   Fethney, Judith ^a   McKee, Kevin ^b   Churchward, Margaret ^a   Goff, Marilyn ^c   Matthews, Siade ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c MCN (NSW)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Misconceptions; Personal or self ageing; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012218636     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2002.tb00421.x     Document Type: Article

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