| Description |
202 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Note |
"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of Women & Aging, Volume 15, Numbers 2/3." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction, Widows and divorcees in later life / Carol L. Jenkins -- Increased hospitalization risk for recently widowed older women and protective effects of social contacts / James N. Laditka, Sarah B. Laditka -- Health, widowhood, and family support in the North and South Pacific : a comparative study / James W. McNally -- African widows : anthropological and historical perspectives / Maria G. Cattell -- Impact of minority group status on the projected retirement income of divorced women in the baby boom cohort / Barbara A. Butrica, Howard M. Iams -- Gender, widowhood, and long-term care in the older Mexican American population / Jacqueline L. Angel, Nora Douglas, Ronald J. Angel -- Transitions to supported environments in England and Wales among elderly widowed and divorced women : the changing balance between co-residence with family and institutional care / Karen Glaser, Emily Grundy, Kevin Lynch. |
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Care arrangement choices for older widows : decision participants' perspectives / Carol L. Jenkins. |
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Widowhood and spirituality : coping responses to bereavement / Scott T. Michael ... [et al.] -- Not on their own again : psychological, social, and health characteristics of custodial African American grandmothers / Dorothy S. Ruiz, Carolyn W. Zhu, Martha R. Crowther. |
| Subject |
Widows.
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Divorced women.
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Middle-aged women.
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| Added Author |
Jenkins, Carol Lynn.
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| Added Title |
Journal of women & aging.
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| ISBN |
0789021919 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0789021927 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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