Improving medical student attitudes toward older patients through a "council of elders" and reflective writing experience

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 315-320

  Westmoreland, Glenda R ^a,b,c,d   Counsell, Steven R ^b,c,d   Sennour, Youcef ^b   Schubert, Cathy C ^b   Frank, Kathryn I ^b   Wu, Jingwei ^b,c,d   Frankel, Richard M ^b,c,d,e   Litzelman, Debra K ^b,c,d   Bogdewic, Stephen P ^b   Inui, Thomas S ^b,c,d,e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Indiana University   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^d REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERIATRIC CARE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REINFORCEMENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 58849108984     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02102.x     Document Type: Article

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