Attitudes of medical clerks toward persons with intellectual disabilities

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Ouellette Kuntz, Hélène ^a   Burge, Philip ^a,b   Cleaver, Shaun ^c   Isaacs, Barry ^d   Lunsky, Yona ^c,e   Jones, Jessica ^a,f   Hastie, Rianne ^c   Cheetham, Tom ^d   Elliott, Deborah ^d   Fitzpatrick, Renee ^d   Mackenzie, Jennifer ^d   Martin, Carol ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Providence Continuing Care Centre   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Providence Care ^*

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^f Queen's Developmental Disabilities Consulting Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; COMMUNITY LIVING ATTITUDES SCALE SHORT FORM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; RATING SCALE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; ONTARIO; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861474753     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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