When formal services empower or harm the capacity of informal caregivers;Quand les services facilitent ou nuisent au pouvoir des aidantes familiales

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 381-394

  Lavoie, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Lessard, Diane ^b   Barylak, Lucy ^b   Côté, Dominique ^b  

^a Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^b Inst de Gerontol Social du Quebec ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Empowerment; Experience; Informal caregivers; Services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 1642431586     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0714980800004244     Document Type: Article

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