Siblings as providers of support and care during middle childhood: Children’s perceptions

Children and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-279

  Kosonen, Marjut ^a  

^a Angus Council Social Work Department   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038783756     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1996.tb00595.x     Document Type: Article

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