Geriatric enrichment in social work education: Lessons learned from the gerorich projects

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 354-376

  Sara, Sanders ^a   Dorfman, Lorraine T ^b   Ingram, Jerry G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Geriatric enrichment; Gerontology; Infusion; Social workers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CURRICULUM; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 67649403772     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634370802609023     Document Type: Article

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