Grandparent caregivers’ perception of the stress of surrogate parenting

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 77-95

  Sands, Roberta G ^a   Goldberg Glen, Robin S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Caregiving; Grandparent; Kinship care; Perception; Stress; Surrogate parent

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034373695     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v26n03_05     Document Type: Article

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