Student paramedic attitudes towards the elderly: A cross-sectional study

Australasian Journal of Paramedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Ross, Linda ^a   Duigan, Tom ^a   Boyle, Malcolm ^a   Williams, Brett ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Elderly; Paramedic; Patient care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 84900325916     PISSN: 22027270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33151/ajp.11.3.16     Document Type: Article

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