When Contact Is Not Enough: Affecting First Year Medical Students' Image towards Older Persons.

Sasmita KusumastutiEsther van FenemaEugenie C F Polman-van StratumWilco AchterbergJolanda LindenbergRudi G J Westendorp

Published in: PloS one (2017)

Medical schools should carefully consider care internships to ensure that students do not worsen their views on older patients, which may occur due to inadequate contact depth and quality within a rather unsupportive context.

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