Independence, security, and the intergenerational social contract: Home-helper services and elder care in rural Japan

Care Management Journals

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 216-222

  Traphagan, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY LIFE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDEPENDENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JAPAN; NURSING HOME; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAREGIVERS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 12344315782     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/cmaj.4.4.216.63697     Document Type: Article

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38. John W. Traphagan, PhD, is at the Department of Asian Studies and Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.