Challenges in addressing graduate student impairment in academic professional psychology programs

International Journal of Aviation Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-102

  Schwartz Mette, Rebecca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Ethics; Graduate students; Impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449602396     PISSN: 10508414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508420902768973     Document Type: Article

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