Advancing stages of group development theory: The case of institutionalized older persons

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 119-138

  Kelly, Timothy B ^a   Berman Rossi, Toby ^a  

^a BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group work theory; Institutionalized older persons; Stages of group development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937189028     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J009v22n02_08     Document Type: Article

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