Note: How Future Professionals View the Elderly: A Comparative Analysis of Social Work, Law, and Medical Students' Perceptions
- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 18 (6) , 591-594
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/18.6.591
Abstract
This study examines how some of the country's future professionals perceive the aged. The data indicate that among social work, law, and medical students there is a striking absence of knowledge of the most basic facts about the elderly. In spite of-exaggerated beliefs about the size and problems of the elderly, not one student in the sample indicated a primary interest in working with the elderly. This lack of interest in the aged has several implications for professional education.Keywords
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