The effect of first year mental health fieldwork on attitudes of occupational therapy students towards people with mental illness

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-48

  Beltran, Ruth O ^a   Scanlan, Justin Newton ^a   Hancock, Nicola ^a   Luckett, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude and attitude change; Fieldwork education; Mental illness; Occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947411880     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2006.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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