Toward a discourse shift in social gerontology: From successful aging to harmonious aging

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 327-334

  Liang, Jiayin ^a   Luo, Baozhen ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critique of successful aging; Cross cultural theory; Discourse shift; Harmonious aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860885957     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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