Attitudes of Senior Psychiatry Residents Toward Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 538-545

  Ouellette Kuntz, Hélène ^a,e   Burge, Philip ^a   Henry, David B ^b   Bradley, Elspeth A ^c   Leichner, Pierre ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e c/o Ongwanada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Community inclusion; Community Living Attitudes Scale Mental Retardation (CLAS); Developmental disabilities; Intellectual disabilities; Medical education; Mental retardation; Psychiatry residents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIST; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0142041558     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370304800805     Document Type: Article

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