Attitudes towards psychological treatment among older Australians

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-93

  Woodward, Rana ^a   Pachana, Nancy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Clinical counselling psychology; Health attitudes and behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449604869     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060802583610     Document Type: Article

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