A feminist approach to health promotion for older women

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 279-296

  Ward Griffin, Catherine ^a,b   Ploeg, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; empowerment; feminism; health promotion; older women

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030851536     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800014355     Document Type: Article

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