Impact of a workshop about aging on the empathy scores of pharmacy and medical students

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  van Winkle, Lon J ^a   Fjortoft, Nancy ^b   Hojat, Mohammadreza ^c  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Empathy; Geriatric; Medical students; Pharmacy students; Theatrical performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856822448     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe7619     Document Type: Article

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