Using elderspeak with older adults

Discourse Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-73

  Kemper, Susan ^a   Finter Urczyk, Andrea ^a   Ferrell, Patrice ^a   Harden, Tamara ^a   Billington, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0002957595     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638539809545020     Document Type: Article

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