Reminiscence and ageing

Ageing and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 601-610

  Cohen, Gillian ^a   Taylor, Stephanie ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age effects; Ageing; Autobiographical memory; Life review; Reminiscence; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION;

EID: 0032449415     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X98007053     Document Type: Article

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