The good life: From Socrates to Surbiton

Quality in Ageing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-25

  Gallacher, John ^a   Mitchell, Clive ^a   Rengifo, Andrea ^b   Burton, Paul ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Older people; Philosophy; Quality of life; Science; Self esteem; The good life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886945086     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/qiaoa.2011.0141     Document Type: Review

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