The social construction of frailty: An anthropological perspective
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Aging Studies
- Vol. 8 (1) , 45-58
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0890-4065(94)90018-3
Abstract
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