Making a better living from caregiving: Comparing strategies to improve wages for care providers

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-426

  Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn ^a   Khokher, Patricia ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33846562500     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2006.tb01141.x     Document Type: Article

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