"More to life than MacGyver and crocheting": Medical students respond to a recreational, intergenerational event

Canadian Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Dumbrell, Andrea C ^a,b   Diachun, Laura L ^b   Ivers, Noah ^c   Johnstone, Julie ^c   Nayot, Dan ^c  

^a ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Knowledge and attitudes; Nonclinical interaction; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 34250012562     PISSN: 17181879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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