Attitudes towards the elderly among Singapore medical students

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 857-861

  Cheong, Seng Kwing ^a   Wong, Teck Yee ^a   Koh, Gerald C H ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Geriatric; Kogan

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 70350724708     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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