Rx: Volunteer: A Prescription for Healthy Aging

Altruism and Health: Perspectives from Empirical Research

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hirschfelder, Adam S ^a   Reilly, Sabrina L ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b National Council on Aging (NCOA)   (United States)

Author keywords

Health advice; Health benefits; Older adults; Primary care physicians; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920112393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182910.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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