Attitudes toward the elderly among students of health care related studies at the University of Salamanca, Spain

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 86-90

  Zambrini, Diego A Bernardini ^a   Moraru, Manuela ^b   Hanna, Minna ^c   Kalache, Alex ^d   Nuñez, Juan F Macias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b International Federation   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Attitudes; Geriatric education; Medical training; Pregraduate education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SPAIN; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 47249153206     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.162     Document Type: Article

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