The influence of medical school on caring for elderly patients: Students' perceptions

Canadian Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 164-170

  Nazerali, Najmi ^a,b   Leiva, Rene ^a   Chiu, Wendy ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Attitude; Geriatrics; Medical school

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRAINING;

EID: 33846874320     PISSN: 17181879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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