Is America exporting another new social idea?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 603-612

  Sheppard, Harold L ^a   Myles, John F ^b   Polivka, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly health care costs; Intergenerational conflict; Setting limits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242277917     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x00020250     Document Type: Review

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