The influence of intergenerational exchange on nursing home admission in Taiwan

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-174

  Wu, Shwu Chong ^a   Li, Chung Yi ^b   Chang, A Lan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Intergenerational exchange; Nursing home placement; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004359275     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006513208611     Document Type: Article

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