Research priorities for gerontological social work: Researcher and practitioner perspectives

Social Work Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 231-242

  Morrow Howell, Nancy ^a   Burnette, Denise ^b   Chen, Li Mei ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Delphi method; Gerontological social work; Intervention research; Research agenda; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444440760     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/29.4.231     Document Type: Article

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