Independence and self-provision in old age: How realistic are these goals?

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 120-124

  Ranzijn, Rob ^a   Patrickson, Margaret ^a   Carson, Ed ^a   Le Sueur, Eddie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bounded choices; Employment; Policy on ageing; Self provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748292659     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2004.00016.x-i1     Document Type: Article

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