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Philosophy concepts can guide interventions aimed to promote wisdom in late life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2024

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George S. Alexopoulos*
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Weill Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY, USA
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 36 , Special Issue 10: Issue Theme: Positive Psychiatry of Aging , October 2024 , pp. 860 - 863
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