Medical students' recognition of elder abuse

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 770-777

  Thompson McCormick, Jonas ^a,b   Jones, Lisa ^b   Cooper, Claudia ^a   Livingston, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Detection; Elder abuse; Medical education; Medical students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREDICTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649305033     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2209     Document Type: Article

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