Caregiver burden from a social exchange perspective: Caring for older people after hospital discharge

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 688-699

  Call, Kathleen Thiede ^a   Finch, Michael A ^b   Huck, Shirley M ^c   Kane, Rosalie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Ctr for Hlth Care Plcy and Eval   (United States)

^c Institute for Social and Behavioral Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiving; Informal care; Social exchange theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033176980     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353570     Document Type: Article

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