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Age Discrimination in Employment: Counselor Responsibilities
Author(s) -
SANDER DARYL
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1982.tb01704.x
Subject(s) - redress , age discrimination , psychology , social discrimination , employment discrimination , social psychology , social issues , political science , law
Discrimination against older persons in the United States had been a well‐documented social blight until the enactment of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Legal redress is now available, but popular stereotypes about older persons remain and pose a challenge to counselors in many settings.