Facing our limits: Human dignity in the very old

Daedalus

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-39

  Baltes, Paul B ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a American Academy   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d German Academy of Natural Sciences Leopoldina   (Germany)

^e Max Planck International Research Network on Aging   (Germany)

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EID: 33645772676     PISSN: 00115266     EISSN: 15486192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/001152606775321086     Document Type: Review

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