11 While a positive trend for Australian medical practitioner attitudes towards older people has been quantified, 12 one qualitative study has revealed Australians may perceive age discrimination within the healthcare system. 13 An example of systemic discrimination is the dwindling proportion of general practitioners (GPs)
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Cross-sectional study of Australian medical student attitudes towards older people confirms a four-factor structure and psychometric properties of the Australian Ageing Semantic Differential.
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44 With an increasing trend for medicine to be taught as a graduate programme in Australia, and the average age of medical graduates increasing, it will be important to further investigate the relationship between medical student age and attitudes towards older people.