Patients with special needs: Dental students' educational experiences, attitudes, and behavior

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-22

  Vainio, Lauren ^a   Krause, Meggan ^a   Inglehart, Marita R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical education; Dental education; Dental school curriculum; Dental school programs; Disabilities; Medically compromised patients; Patients with special health care needs; Special needs patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 79251641741     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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