The Senior Psychiatrist Survey. III: Attitudes towards personal ageing, life experiences and psychiatric practice

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 717-722

  Draper, Brian ^a   Gething, Lindsay ^b   Fethney, Judith ^b   Winfield, Stephanie ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Attitudes; Health; Psychiatric practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AGING; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0032832890     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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