Sociological Approaches to Understanding Age and Aging

Handbook of Gerontology: Evidence-Based Approaches to Theory, Practice, and Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 143-168

  Street, Debra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gerontological theories; Life satisfaction; Pathological aging; Problem solving; Social gerontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952423145     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269640.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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