The middle of the road: Results from the Aging Semantic Differential with four cohorts of medical students

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1275-1280

  Stewart, Thomas J ^a   Eleazer, G Paul ^a   Boland, Rebecca ^a   Wieland, G Darryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging Semantic Differential; Attitude measurement; Student attitudes toward older adults

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; MEDICAL STUDENT; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; STEREOTYPY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34547136923     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01319.x     Document Type: Article

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