Self-reported ageism in students and academic staff-the case of the Social Work Department in Crete, Greece

European Journal of Social Work

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 696-711

  Papadaki, Eleni ^a   Plotnikof, Kyriaki ^a   Papadaki, Vasileia ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ageism; Gerontological Social Work; Social Work Education; Social Work Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871258005     PISSN: 13691457     EISSN: 14682664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2011.577410     Document Type: Article

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