Caregiving: A common or uncommon experience?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1017-1029

  Howe, Anna L ^a   Schofield, Hilary ^b   Herrman, Helen ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carers; Intergenerational exchange

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOSTATISTICS; CANADA; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CAREGIVERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 0030802306     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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