Enhancing social work practice with older adults: The role of infusing gerontology content into the master of social work foundation curriculum

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 737-756

  Lee, Eun Kyoung ^a   Collins, Pauline ^a   Mahoney, Kevin ^a   McInnis Dittrich, Kathleen ^a   Boucher, Elizabeth ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33749479687     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270600835454     Document Type: Article

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