Let's ask them: A national survey of definitions of quality of life and its enhancement among people aged 65 and over

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 269-306

  Bowling, Ann ^a   Gabriel, Zahava ^a   Dykes, Joanna ^a   Dowding, Lee Marriott ^a   Evans, Olga ^b   Fleissig, Anne ^a   Banister, David ^a   Sutton, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCE; FRIEND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0347356652     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/BF8G-5J8L-YTRF-6404     Document Type: Review

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