Does it hurt to care? Caregiving, work-family conflict, and midlife well-being

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 951-966

  Marks, Nadine F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Midlife; Psychological well being; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040757533     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353637     Document Type: Article

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