Predictors of graduate social work students’ interest in Aging-Related work

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 77-94

  Cummings, Sherry M ^a   Galambos, Colleen Galambos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aginginterest; Attitudes toward aging; Elderly; Employment; Gerontology education; Graduate education; Intergenerational contact; Social work; Students; Symbolic interactionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023926150     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v39n03_06     Document Type: Article

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