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Looking for the healthy aging pathways to subjective well-being: the road to personal empowerment and enhanced self-care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2019

Douglas Ziedonis*
Affiliation:
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA Email: dziedonis@ucsd.edu

Abstract

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Commentary
Copyright
© International Psychogeriatric Association 2019 

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