Gender issues and Japanese family-centered caregiving for frail elderly parents or parents-in-law in modern Japan: From the sociocultural and historical perspectives

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-31

  Hashizume, Yumi ^a,b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; SOCIAL VALUES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0033630065     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2000.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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