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Time and the Elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Rex Taylor  and
Eileen Fairhurst
Rex Taylor
Affiliation:
MRC Medical Sociology Unit, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Eileen Fairhurst
Affiliation:
Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Manchester
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Review Symposium
Information
Ageing & Society , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 1981 , pp. 133 - 143
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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NOTES

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4 For a development of the argument that time is a matter to which individuals orient see Fairhurst, E. and Lightup, R., ‘Are there People After 50? Issues in Qualitative Research in Growing Older.’ Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology, Aberdeen, 09 1980.Google Scholar

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