Active aging-spunky survivorship? Discourses and experiences of the years beyond breast cancer

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-161

  Sinding, Christina ^a,b   Gray, Ross ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Breast cancer; Representations of aging; Representations of cancer; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 18444395589     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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