Suffering and generativity: Repairing threats to self in old age

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-102

  de Medeiros, Kate ^a  

^a The Copper Ridge Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Generativity; Old age; Self; Suffering

Indexed keywords

EID: 64449086957     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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