The aging are coming and they are us

Health and Social Work

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-77

  Galambos, Colleen ^a   Rosen, Anita ^b  

^a WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED NATIONS;

AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 0006724069     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/24.1.73     Document Type: Article

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