ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS TOWARD CARING FOR OLDER PEOPLE: NEEDED CURRICULA REVISIONS IN NIGERIA

REFERENCES

• Adeokun , L. A. 1980 . Social aging in Yoruba women . Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Gerontology , 2 : 29 – 33 .
   Google Scholar
• Atchley , R. C. 1981 . Common misconceptions about aging . Health Value , 5 : 10 – 25 .
   Google Scholar
• Baker , D. E. 1978 . Attitudes of nurses to the care of the elderly , University of Manchester . Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis
   Google Scholar
• Bamigboye , E. A. Ageing population and population growth . Paper presented at the Reational Conference on Healthy Ageing . June 24 . Ibadan, , Nigeria : University of Ibadan .
   Google Scholar
• Fagerberg , I. and Ekiman , S. L. 1997 . First year Swedish nursing students’ experiences with elderly patients . Western Journal of Nursing Research , 19 : 177 – 189 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fajemilehin , B. R. 1996 . Nursing students' trans-cultural perception of the elderly . Journal of Teacher Education , 7 : 98 – 104 .
   Google Scholar
• Gillis , D. M. 1991 . Strategies to promote positive behaviour toward elderly patients . Clinical Nurse Specialist , 5 ( 3 ) : 165 – 168 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Gunter , L. M. 1971 . Students’ attitude towards geriatric nursing . Nursing Outlook , 19 : 466 – 469 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Latimer , J. 1997 . “ Figuring identities: Older people medicine and time ” . In Critical approaches to ageing and later life , Edited by: Tameson , E. et al . 20 – 62 . Buckingham : Open University Press .
   Google Scholar
• McCormark , B. and Ford , P. 1999 . The contribution of expert to gerontological nursing . Nursing Standard , 10 ( 13 ) : 42 – 45 .
   Google Scholar
• Morakinyo , V. C. 1982 . “ Aging in rapidly changing society ” . In Lecture given on the W.H.O. day at the Faculty of Health Sciences , Ile-Ife, , Nigeria : University of Ife .
   Google Scholar
• Morrison , K. and Ridley , K. 1989 . “ Ideological contexts for curriculum planing ” . In Approaches to curriculum management , Edited by: Preedy , M. Nitton Keynes : Open University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Palmore , E. 1977 . Facts on Aging . The Gerontologist , 5 : 4
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Podneiks , E. 1985 . Elder abuse . Canadian Nurse , 8 : 11
   Google Scholar
• Population and Reference Bureau . 1999 . World Population Beyond Six Billion . 54 ( 1 ) March
   Google Scholar
• Spence , D. L. 1968 . Medical students, attitudes toward the geriatric patient . Journal of American Geriatric Society , 16 : 1976 – 1983 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar