Wisdom in later life: Ethnographic approaches

Ageing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-356

  Edmondson, Ricca ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Ethnographic method; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

AGING;

EID: 19144363082     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X04003320     Document Type: Article

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