White coats meet grey power: Students and seniors respond to an "Intergenerational Gala"

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 948-954

  Dumbrell, Andrea C ^a   Durst, Michelle A ^a   Diachun, Laura L ^a,b  

^a ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Patient attitudes; Student attitudes; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RECREATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34347366282     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01189.x     Document Type: Article

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