Balancing family and state care: Neither, either or both? The case of Sweden

Ageing and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 767-782

  Sundström, Gerdt ^a   Malmberg, Bo ^a   Johansson, Lennarth ^b  

^a Institute of Gerontology   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Home help; Informal care; Old age care; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY STRUCTURE; WELFARE PROVISION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33746804501     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06005101     Document Type: Article

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