Knowledge and attitudes about geriatrics of medical students, internal medicine residents, and geriatric medicine fellows

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-102

  Kishimoto, Mitsumasa ^a,b   Nagoshi, Michael ^a   Williams, Shellie ^a   Masaki, Kamal H ^a   Blanchette, Patricia Lanoie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric education; Geriatrics attitudes; Geriatrics knowledge; Medical student education; Resident education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 14544301548     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53018.x     Document Type: Article

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