Older women and craft: Extending educational horizons in considering wellbeing

Social Work Education

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 700-711

  Maidment, Jane ^a   Macfarlane, Selma ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Arts and craft; Creativity; Interdependence; Interdisciplinary

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051747027     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2011.586568     Document Type: Article

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