Understanding older americans’ attitudes, knowledge, and fears about vision loss and aging

Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 17-38

  Brennan, Mark ^a   Horowitz, Amy ^a   Reinhardt, Joann P ^a  

^a Arlene R Gordon Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Fear of blindness; Knowledge; Older adults; Stereotypes; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248612114     PISSN: 1536710X     EISSN: 15367118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J198v03n03_03     Document Type: Article

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