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BL
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1026591
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b780961
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| Title & Author
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Growing older : : quality of life in old age /\ edited by Alan Walker and Catherine Hagan Hennessy.
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| Publication Statement
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Maidenhead :: Open University Press,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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Growing older
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1 online resource (x, 268 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0335215076
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: 0335215084
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: 0335228224
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: 9780335215072
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: 9780335215089
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: 9780335228225
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introducing the Growing Older Programme on extending quality of life / Alan Walker -- Quality of life in old age from the perspectives of older people / Zahava Gabriel and Ann Bowling -- Ethnic inequalities / James Nazroo [and others] -- Environment, identity and old age : quality of life or a life of quality? / Leonie Kellaher, Sheila M. Peace and Caroline Holland -- Poverty and social exclusion : growing older in deprived urban neighbourhoods / Thomas Scharf, Chris Phillipson and Allison E. Smith -- Loneliness in later life / Christina R. Victor [and others] -- Older men : their health behaviours and partnership status / Kate Davidson and Sara Arber -- A participatory approach to older women's quality of life / Joanne Cook, Tony Maltby and Lorna Warren -- Social support and ethnicity in old age / Jabeer Butt and Jo Moriarty -- The meaning of grandparenthood and its contribution to the quality of life of older people / Lynda Clarke and Ceridwen Roberts -- Frailty and institutional life / Susan Tester [and others] -- Conclusion / Catherine Hagan Hennessy.
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| Abstract
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Annotation.
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Older people-- Great Britain-- Social conditions.
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Quality of life-- Great Britain.
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Personnes âgées-- Grande-Bretagne-- Conditions sociales.
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Qualité de la vie-- Grande-Bretagne.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Aging.
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Older people-- Social conditions.
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Quality of life.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Gerontology.
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Kwaliteit van het bestaan.
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Ouderen.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.2/6
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| LC Classification
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HQ1064.G7Q355 2004eb
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| NLM classification
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71.36bcl
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| Added Entry
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Hennessy, Catherine Hagan,1952-
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Walker, Alan.
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