Negotiating family support? The 'generational contract' between long-term care and inheritance

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 649-665

  Izuhara, Misa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ELDERLY CARE; NATIONAL IDENTITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12844269918     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279404008049     Document Type: Article

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