Admission to nursing homes in Taiwan

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 376-394

  Liu, Li Fan ^a   Tinker, Anthea ^b  

^a LEADER UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Decision making process; Family context; Filial obligations; Influential person; Nursing home admission; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY STRUCTURE; SOCIAL POLICY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0043269736     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9515.00346     Document Type: Article

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