Dental students' attitudes about older adults: Do type and amount of contact make a difference?

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1329-1332

  Nochajski, Thomas H ^a   Davis, Elaine L ^a   Waldrop, Deborah P ^a   Fabiano, Jude A ^a   Goldberg, Louis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageism; Attitudes toward aging; Dental care for aged; Dental education; Dental health care delivery; Older adults; Professional socialization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 80054963957     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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