When a caregiver is dying: The terminal illness of a caregiver in a Korean family novel

Mortality

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-209

  Rosenblatt, Paul C ^a   Yang, Sungeun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attempted murder; Caregiver; End of life farewell; Family obligation; Korea; Terminal illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244435009     PISSN: 13576275     EISSN: 14699885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576270500178385     Document Type: Article

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