Dental students' regard for patients from often-stigmatized populations: Findings from an indian dental school

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-217

  Madhan, Balasubramanian ^a   Gayathri, Haritheertham ^b   Garhnayak, Lokanath ^c   Naik, Eslavath Seena ^d  

^a Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences ^*  (India)

^b Tamilnadu Government Dental College and Hospital   (India)

^c Rajasthan Dental College and Hospital   (India)

^d Meghna Institute of Dental Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Dental health care delivery HIV; India; Intellectual disability; LGBT; Patients with disabilities; Patients with special needs; Professional attitudes; Professionals; Psychosocial; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTAL STUDENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; PREJUDICE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS, DENTAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84856903683     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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