Assessing training needs of geriatric service providers: Program rationale and focus group outcomes

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 425-446

  Shetterley, Karen ^a   Malone, D Michael ^b   Poon, Leonard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 22044456835     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0360127980240502     Document Type: Article

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