Making choices: A within-family study of caregiver selection

Gerontologist

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 439-448

  Pillemer, Karl ^a   Suitor, J Jill ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver Selection; Caregiving; Intergenerational relations; Parent Adult Child Relations; Parental Favoritism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748639259     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/46.4.439     Document Type: Article

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