Negative ageing stereotypes in students and faculty members from three health science schools

Gerodontology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-148

  Leõn, Soraya ^a   Correa Beltrán, Gloria ^a   Giacaman, Rodrigo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

Author keywords

ageing; ageism; negative stereotypes; undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGEISM; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH THERAPY; STEREOTYPING; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGEISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTISTRY; FACULTY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH THERAPY; STEREOTYPING; STUDENTS;

EID: 84929507491     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ger.12065     Document Type: Article

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