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G. Clare Wenger, The Supportive Network. Coping with Old Age. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1984, 244 pp., £15.95, ISBN 0 04 362056 6 (0 04 362057 4 Pbk).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Kees Knipscheer
Kees Knipscheer
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Department of Social Gerontology, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Ageing & Society , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , September 1985 , pp. 355 - 359
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