Factors influencing graduate-social-work students' interest in working with elders

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 643-655

  Cummings, Sherry M ^a   Adler, Geri ^b   DeCoster, Vaughn A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 28244437219     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270591003382     Document Type: Article

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