Aging, Care, and Isolation in the Time of COVID-19.

Authors

  • Lenore Manderson Wits School of Public Health University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg
  • Susan Levine School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics University of Cape Town

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/aa.2020.314

Abstract

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Author Biographies

Lenore Manderson, Wits School of Public Health University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg

Distinguished professor Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Susan Levine, School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics University of Cape Town

Associate Professor

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Published

2020-12-14

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 2 (2020)

Section

COVID-19 and Aging Bodies

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