Attitudes towards people with physical or intellectual disabilities among nursing, social work and medical students.

Aims And Objectives: To examine and compare undergraduate healthcare students' attitudes towards people with physical or intellectual disabilities in Greece.

Background: The experience that people with disabilities have with health care is a complex interaction between their medical condition and the social and physical environment. Attitudes of the nursing and healthcare staff affect the quality of care and people's adaptation to their disability, self-image and rehabilitation outcomes.