Stability and change in late-life friendships

Ageing and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 661-676

  Jerrome, Dorothy ^b   Wenger, G Clare ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Advanced old age; Friendship; Longitudinal study; Loss; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION;

EID: 0033367952     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X99007540     Document Type: Article

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