Cultural and moral values surrounding care and (in)dependence in late life: Reflections from India in an era of global modernity

Care Management Journals

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 80-89

  Lamb, Sarah ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural values; India; Intergenerational relations; Old age homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INDIA; LIFE; MORALITY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MORALS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 32644471176     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/cmaj.6.2.80     Document Type: Article

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