Surrogate parenting across generations: African American women caring for a child with special needs

Journal of Mental Health and Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 339-351

  Brown, D R ^a   Boyce Mathis, A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANDMOTHER; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 0034469408     PISSN: 10784470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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