China and the bio-medicalization of aging: Implications and possibilities

Aging in China: Implications to Social Policy of a Changing Economic State

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 11-22

  Powell, Jason L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84923693368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8351-0_2     Document Type: Chapter

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