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'My opinion is that doctors prefer younger people'
— older women, physicians and ageism | | Author(s) | Hazel MacRae |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 38, no 2, February 2018 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, February 2018 |
| Pages | pp 240-266 |
| Source | http://www.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Older women ; Attitude ; General practitioners ; Ageism ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Older women's views about, and subjective experience of, ageism during interactions with physicians are examined, as are views about and experience of sexism. Data were obtained from in-depth, face-to-face interviews conducted with 36 Canadian women aged 55 years and older. The findings indicate that older women believe ageism is likely to occur during medical encounters, and they are concerned about it. Few, however, claim to have personally experienced it. Contradicting the stereotype of the passive older patient, many participants were using strategies to avoid becoming targets of ageism. Although there was some concern about sexism during medical encounters, in general, the women appeared to be less conscious of sexism than ageism. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180209201 A |
| Classmark | BD: DP: QT6: B:TOB: TOB: 3DP: 7S |
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