Empowerment and long-living women: Return to the rejected body

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-85

  Morell, Carolyn M ^a  

^a NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Empowerment; Feminism; Old; Social work; Women

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; BODY IMAGE; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MODEL; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; THEORY;

EID: 0037313044     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0890-4065(02)00091-9     Document Type: Article

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