Active ageing: Rhetoric, theory and practice

The Making of Ageing Policy: Theory and Practice in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 27-52

  Walker, Alan ^a   Foster, Liam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84922418756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781952481.00009     Document Type: Chapter

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