A reason to rise each morning: The meaning of volunteering in the lives of older adults

Generations

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 45-50

  Bradley, Dann Burr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 0002230802     PISSN: 07387806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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