The contextual and social locations of older women's experiences of disability and decline

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-146

  Grenier, Amanda M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frailty; Lived experience; Narrative; Older persons; Social model of disability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DETERIORATION; DISABILITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MOTOR VEHICLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 18444386538     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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