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Fajemilehin, Boluwaji – Educational Gerontology, 2004
This descriptive study examined the conceptions and misconceptions students in health professions have regarding older people. The research was conducted in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The findings revealed that students in health professions, as a whole, demonstrated a high degree of stereotypic misconceptions and poor knowledge about aging and older…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Misconceptions, Health Occupations, Geriatrics