Older women's subjective experience of loneliness - Applying the Mmogo-methodTM;Die subjektiewe ervaring van eensaamheid by ouer dames - Toepassing van die Mmogo-metodeTM

Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-30

  Roos, Vera ^a   De Jager, Lizanlé ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Elderly persons; Elderly women; Identity; Loneliness; Mmogo methodTM; Phenomenology; Roles; Silent generation; Social roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950882290     PISSN: 00414751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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