The allocation of responsibility for later life: Canadian reflections on the roles of individuals, government, employers and families

Ageing and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 737-760

  Kemp, Candace L ^a   Denton, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Later life; Responsibility; Retirement; Risk; Self governance; Social support

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

CANADA;

EID: 0344256590     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X03001363     Document Type: Article

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