Altruism, Religion, and Health: Exploring the Ways in Which Helping Others Benefits Support Providers

Altruism and Health: Perspectives from Empirical Research

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Krause, Neal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruistic behaviour; Helping behaviour; Older adults; Religious community; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920156739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182910.003.0027     Document Type: Chapter

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