Effects of ageism on individual and health care providers' responses to healthy aging

Health and Social Work

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-15

  Grant, Lynda D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageism; Elderly people; Health; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; RESEARCH; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0030075249     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/21.1.9     Document Type: Article

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