Perceptions and consequences of ageism: Views of older people

Ageing and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-278

  Minichiello, Victor ^a,b   Browne, Jan ^a   Kendig, Hal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Active ageing; Ageism; Discrimination; Perceptions; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; ELDERLY POPULATION; PERCEPTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033920001     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X99007710     Document Type: Article

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