Older women’s body image and embodied experience: An exploration

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 77-97

  Hurd, Laura C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageism; Body image; Lived experience; Qualitative methodology; Sexism

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0034566754     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v12n03_06     Document Type: Article

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