Service-learners at dementia care programs: An intervention for improving contact, comfort, and attitudes

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-52

  Fruhauf, Christine A ^a   Jarrott, Shannon E ^b   Lambert Shute, Jennifer J ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 21644479102     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J021v25n01_03     Document Type: Article

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