Caring sons: Exploring men's involvement in filial care

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-79

  Campbell, Lori D ^a   Martin Matthews, Anne ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Filial Caregiving; Men's Caregiving

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033945546     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800016597     Document Type: Article

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