Ageing and care of older persons in southern Africa: Lesotho and Zimbabwe compared

Social Work and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Dhemba, Jotham ^a   Dhemba, Bennadate ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO   (Lesotho)

^b Department of Social Services ^*  (Zimbabwe)

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