Continuity in the lives of elder Catholic women religious

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-189

  Melia, Susan Perschbacher ^a  

^a ASSUMPTION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EGO IDENTITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0033054976     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/X0LY-TERK-XQCC-CXAV     Document Type: Review

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