Investigating pharmacy students' attitudes toward nursing facility patients after a geriatric rotation

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 502-508

  Gavaza, Paul ^a   Hodges, Ethan ^a   Adkins, Donna ^a  

^a Appalachian College of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHARMACY STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; THINKING;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 84882445589     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2013.502     Document Type: Article

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