Bounded grief at work: Working and caring for children with chronic illness

Illness Crisis and Loss

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-218

  Vickers, Margaret H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University Western Sydney ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Carers; Chronic illness; Disability; Employment; Gender; Grief; Qualitative research; Work home conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844603039     PISSN: 10541373     EISSN: 15526968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105413730501300302     Document Type: Article

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