Differences over time in older people's relationships with children and siblings

Ageing and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 537-562

  Burholt, Vanessa ^a   Wenger, G Clare ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care; Interpersonal relationships; Old people; Parent child; Sibling; Substitution

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032464699     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X98007090     Document Type: Article

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