Clarifying subsystem boundaries in grandfamilies

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 267-277

  Bartram, Mary H ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family therapy; Grandparents; Subsystem boundaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030542249     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02196727     Document Type: Article

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