Stress and resilience in the oral histories of rural older women

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-316

  Dorfman, Lorraine T ^a   Méndez, Elizabeth C ^b   Osterhaus, Joelle K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Iowa Hospice   (United States)

Author keywords

Life course; Older women; Rural aging; Stress process

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING HOMES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951657051     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08952840903285237     Document Type: Article

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