Reconsidering successful aging: A call for renewed and expanded academic critiques and conceptualizations

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 702-722

  Dillaway, Heather E ^a   Byrnes, Mary ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptualization; Critique; Paradigm; Politics; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGEISM; AGING; CONCEPT FORMATION; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; REVIEW; SUCCESSFUL AGING;

EID: 74049135412     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464809333882     Document Type: Review

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