Bittersweet journeys: Meanings of leisure in the institution-based caregiving context

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 303-340

  Dupuis, Sherry L ^a   Smale, Bryan J A ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiving career; Leisure constriction; Leisure meaning; Leisure moments; Leisure reclamation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002907654     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2000.11949919     Document Type: Article

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