"If you got everything, it's good enough": Perspectives on successful aging in a Canadian limit community

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-155

  Collings, Peter ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Circumpolar indigenous peoples; Culture change; Elderhood; Inuit; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 29844434203     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010698200870     Document Type: Article

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