Ageing and isolation: Is the issue social isolation or is it lack of meaning in life?

Journal of Religious Gerontology

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 89-99

  MacKinlay, Elizabeth ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b St Mark's National Theological Institute   (Australia)

^c ACT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Failure to thrive; Intimacy; Social isolation; Spiritual isolation; Spiritual resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746579566     PISSN: 10502289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J078v12n03_07     Document Type: Article

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