Learning from the past and planning for the future: The challenges of and solutions for integrating aging into doctoral psychology training

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 142-150

  Holtzer, Roee ^a   Zweig, Richard A ^b   Siegel, Lawrence J ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Competence; Ethics; Geropsychology; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874566620     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029365     Document Type: Article

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