Special feature: Ageism and implications for gerontic occupational therapy practice

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 71-78

  Horowitz, Beverly P ^a   Savino, Donna ^b   Krauss, Andrea ^a  

^a TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

^b United Presbyterian Residence   (United States)

Author keywords

Age bias; Ageism; Attitudes; Clinical decision making

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATTITUDE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GERONTOLOGY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032723630     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-199912000-00009     Document Type: Review

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