Who will treat older patients? Should medical education focus more on activities aimed at displaying positive attitudes towards older people? The prevalence of ageism among students of medical and health sciences
Abstract:In the conditions of an aging society, a justification is found to explain the issue of the attitude of future health care workers, who are to care for elderly people in the future, towards these people, which will make it possible to predict in advance what problems related to the care of seniors may soon arise. After clarifying this issue, it will be important to distinguish the individual factors influencing this attitude in order to determine which social phenomena will require special attention. 803 medic… Show more
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