Elderly women speak about their interactions with health care providers

Language and Communication in Old Age: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 319-349

  Allman, Joyce ^a   Ragan, Sandra L ^b   Newsome, Chevelle ^c   Scoufos, Lucretia ^d   Nussbaum, Jon ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203775233-24     Document Type: Chapter

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