Advocacy and Aging /
A special issue on advocacy and agency is presented. Topics discussed include: definitions and ethical dimensions of advocacy; the role played by advocacy in expanding aging policy in the U.S.; the ability of organizations to use advocacy in order to change social and cultural systems; the variety...
| Publicado en: | Generations Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 4 - 86 |
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| Formato: | Symposium |
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American Society on Aging
Spring 2004
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