Comparative gerontolinguistics: Characterizing discourses in caring institutions in South Africa and the United Kingdom

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 805-824

  Makoni, Sinfree ^a   Grainger, Karen ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE;

EID: 0036966359     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-4560.00291     Document Type: Article

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