‘Woo-hoo, what a ride!’ Older people, life stories and active ageing

Valuing Older People: A Humanist Approach to Ageing

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 233-248

  Warren, Lorna ^a   Clarke, Amanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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