Core religious beliefs and providing support to others in late life

Mental Health, Religion and Culture

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-96

  Krause, Neal ^a   Bastida, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Late life; Religious beliefs; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549091549     PISSN: 13674676     EISSN: 14699737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13674670802249753     Document Type: Article

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