Attitudes of undergraduate health science students towards patients with intellectual disability, substance abuse, and acute mental illness: A cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Boyle, Malcolm J ^a   Williams, Brett ^a   Brown, Ted ^a   Molloy, Andrew ^a   McKenna, Lisa ^a   Molloy, Elizabeth ^a   Lewis, Belinda ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADDICTION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, PREMEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958033487     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-71     Document Type: Article

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