Willingness and availability: Explaining new attitudes toward institutional elder care among Chinese elderly parents and their adult children

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-290

  Zhan, Heying Jenny ^a   Liu, Guangya ^a   Guan, Xinping ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 33746059780     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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