Perspectives of elderly blacks on institutional care

Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-148

  Ryke, Elma ^a   Ngiba, Tiny ^b   Strydom, Herman ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Department of Welfare ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL POLICY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0141452015     PISSN: 00378054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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