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The social construction of frailty
 — an anthropological perspective
Author(s)Sharon Kaufman
Journal titleJournal of Aging Studies, vol 8, no 1, Spring 1994
Pagespp 45-58
KeywordsMobility ; Independence ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; United States of America.
AnnotationExplores the relationship between experiential and socio-cultural sources of frailty, and looks at the influence of gerontological research in framing social conceptions of frailty.
Accession NumberCPA-940526005 A
ClassmarkC4: C3: TOB: 7T

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