Attitudes of older widows and widowers in New Brunswick, Canada towards new partnerships

Intimacy in Later Life

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 105-119

  Van den Hoonaard, Deborah Kestin ^a  

^a ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84909060296     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203788240-6     Document Type: Chapter

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