Promoting the well-being of older people: Messages for social workers

Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-205

  Tanner, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

older people; quality of life; research; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050840635     PISSN: 09503153     EISSN: 17424909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09503150500285156     Document Type: Article

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