The son also acts as major caregiver to elderly parents: A study of the sandwich generation in Hong Kong

Current Sociology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 257-272

  Kwok, Hong Kin ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Hong Kong; Sandwich generation; Son

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646675782     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392106056745     Document Type: Article

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