Bearing responsibility: How caregivers to the mentally ill assess their obligations

Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 469-491

  Karp, David A ^a,b   Watts Roy, Diane ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family ties; Mental illness; Moral responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012305410     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136345939900300408     Document Type: Article

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