The influence of sekentei on family caregiving and underutilization of social services among Japanese caregivers

Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-118

  Asai, Masayuki O ^a   Kameoka, Velma A ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Asians; Elderly relatives; Family caregiving; Japanese; Sekentei; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844364004     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/50.2.111     Document Type: Article

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