Older widows’ intention to keep the generations separate

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 395-410

  Porter, Eileen Jones ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WIDOW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MOTIVATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WIDOWHOOD; WOMEN;

EID: 0032149970     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993398246179     Document Type: Article

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