Self-compassion: a resource for positive aging.

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  2013

• Venue

  The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences

• Publication date

  2013-07-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1093/geronb/gbs091PMID 23065320
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