What students bring to medical school: Attitudes toward health promotion and prevention

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 242-248

  Bellas, Patricia A ^a   Asch, Steven M ^a   Wilkes, Michael ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Health promotion; Preventive medicine; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLITICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0034059645     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(99)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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