Social support of older people in Australia and Japan

Ageing and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-207

  Kendig, Hal ^a   Koyano, Wataru ^b   Asakawa, Tatsuto ^c   Ando, Takatoshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Australia; Cross cultural; Family; Japan; Social support

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SOCIAL POLICY;

AUSTRALIA; JAPAN;

EID: 0032789012     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X99007278     Document Type: Article

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