Geropsychology training in Canada: A survey of doctoral and internship programs

Canadian Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 255-260

  Konnert, Candace ^a   Dobson, Keith S ^a   Watt, Ashli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Doctoral training; Geropsychology; Internship training

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649124939     PISSN: 07085591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016513     Document Type: Article

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