Gotcha! don't let ageism sneak into your practice

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-62

  Kagan, Sarah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PREJUDICE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84856245242     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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