The four notions of dignity

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-21

  Nordenfelt, Lennart ^a   Edgar, Andrew ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Menschenwurde< i>; Dignity; Identity; Merit; Moral stature

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750998026     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200500004     Document Type: Review

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