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The social construction of old age: perspectives from political economy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Chris Phillipson
Chris Phillipson*
Affiliation:
Centre for Social Gerontology, University of Keele, UK
*
Professor C Phillipson, Director, Centre for Social Gerontology, University of Keele, Keele ST5 5BG, UK.
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Social and psychological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , November 1991 , pp. 403 - 410
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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