'Older people have lived their lives': First year nursing students' attitudes towards older people

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-45

  Henderson, Julie ^a   Xiao, Lily ^a   Siegloff, Lesley ^a   Kelton, Moira ^a   Paterson, Jan ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged care; Ageism; Attitudes; Disability; Nursing students; Older people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 59749084074     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.673.30.1.32     Document Type: Article

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