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Why dignity in old age matters | Author(s) | Harry R Moody |
Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 29, nos 2/3, 1998 |
Pages | pp 13-38 |
Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
Keywords | Quality of life ; Attitude ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social ethics. |
Annotation | Dignity in old age matters, because we all have a sense of vulnerability, and because we fear becoming less than ourselves in the last stage of life. This paper examines the various meanings and connotations behind dignity as a concept, and the history and contemporary appeal of the idea of dignity. (RH). |
Accession Number | CPA-980903228 A |
Classmark | F:59: DP: TOB: TQ |
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