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Peer reviewedAdelson, R.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1982
Reports the reliability and validity of the Health Professional-Geriatric Patient Interaction Behavior Rating Code, an observational instrument that is used to quantify the interpersonal behaviors of health professionals in the care of the geriatric patient. Condensed 15 behavioral factors into 10 operationally defined behavioral categories.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Health Personnel
Solomon, Kenneth – 1978
The literature on attitudes of health workers toward the elderly suggests three variables as contributing to the elderly patient's perception of helplessness in the health care setting. First, the health worker may age-stereotype the elderly person as dependent, low in competence, and unlikely to respond to treatment. Secondly, the disparity in…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Counselor Attitudes, Health Personnel, Helping Relationship
