Medical Student Attitudes toward Geriatric Medicine and Patients.

Perrotta, Peter; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ247316

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Publication Date: 1981-Jun

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Medical Student Attitudes toward Geriatric Medicine and Patients.

Perrotta, Peter; And Others

Journal of Medical Education, v56 n6 p478-83 Jun 1981

The influence of factual knowledge about the aged, general attitudes toward the aged, and personal contact with the aged on first-year medical students' attitudes toward geriatric patients and geriatric medicine was examined. Entering medical students indicated a preference for working with younger patients rather than aged patients. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Data Analysis, Geriatrics, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Students, Older Adults, Patients, Social Bias, Student Attitudes, Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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