The ethic of care: Stability over time, gender differences, and correlates in mid- to late adulthood

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 280-292

  Skoe, Eva E ^a   Matthews, Meredith ^b   Pratt, Michael W ^c   Curror, Susan E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORMAL HUMAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CAREGIVERS; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030016613     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.2.280     Document Type: Article

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