Global perspectives on children' s unpaid caregiving in the family: Research and policy on 'young carers' in the UK, Australia, the USA and sub-Saharan Africa

Global Social Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-50

  Becker, Saul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Children's welfare; Cross national social policy; HIV AIDS; Informal care; Vulnerable children; Young caregivers; Young carers

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INFORMAL SECTOR; SOCIAL POLICY;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947283292     PISSN: 14680181     EISSN: 17412803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468018107073892     Document Type: Review

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