Power, family, and filial responsibility related to elder care in rural Japan

Care Management Journals

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 205-212

  Traphagan, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Elder care; Filial piety; Gender; Japan; Women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; EMPOWERMENT; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FAMILY LIFE; GRANDCHILD; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; JAPAN; NURSING HOME; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; RESPONSIBILITY; RURAL AREA; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN;

EID: 33845688090     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/cmj-v7i4a006     Document Type: Article

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