Rewards of entering podiatric medicine and attitudes toward older adults

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 288-294

  Chumbler, Neale R ^a   Robbins, Jeffrey M ^b   Poplawski, Mark E ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PODIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PODIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030167523     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-86-6-288     Document Type: Article

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