Guest editorial: an analysis of social work textbooks for aging content: How well do social work foundation texts prepare students for our aging society?

Journal of Social Work Education

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-23

  Tompkins, Catherine J ^a   Larkin, Heather ^c   Rosen, Anita L ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Council on Social Work Education ^*  (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

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EID: 33645374340     PISSN: 10437797     EISSN: 21635811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5175/JSWE.2006.042110001     Document Type: Article

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