Changing medical students' attitudes about older adults and future older patients

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Shue, Carolyn K ^b   McNeley, Kim ^b   Arnold, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 25644451158     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200510001-00005     Document Type: Article

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