The role of panamanian grandmothers in family systems that include grandchildren with disabilities

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-246

  Scherman, Avraham ^a   Efthimiadis, Maria S ^a   Gardner, J Emmett ^a   McLean, Heather M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 22044435105     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0360127980240304     Document Type: Article

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