Geriatric content in medical school curricula: Results of a national survey

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 136-140

  Eleazer, G Paul ^a,b   Doshi, Rupal ^a   Wieland, Darryl ^a   Boland, Rebecca ^a   Hirth, Victor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Geriatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Education; Geriatrics

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUTRITION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; AGED; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14544280264     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53023.x     Document Type: Article

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