What does 'disability' mean for medical students? An exploration of the words medical students associate with the term 'disability'

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 176-183

  Byron, Margaret ^a   Cockshott, Zoë ^a   Brownett, Hilary ^a   Ramkalawan, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Curriculum; Disabled persons psychology; Education, medical, undergraduate *standards; Focus groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NERVOUSNESS; NOMENCLATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; POLITICS; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHING; VISION TEST;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 14044263494     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.02062.x     Document Type: Article

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