Meeting the challenges of urban aging: Narratives of poor elderly women of Detroit, Michigan

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 729-743

  Onolemhemhen, Durrenda Nash ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detroit; Minorities; Narratives; Phenomenological; Seniors; Strengths; Urban; Widows; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; MINORITY GROUP; POVERTY; SOCIAL WORK; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WIDOW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MICHIGAN; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POVERTY; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN POPULATION; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 71449124577     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634370902914794     Document Type: Article

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