Dependency or independence? A qualitative study of how elderly home-help recipients regard having help and support;Beroende eller oberoende? En kvalitativ studie av hur äldre hjälptagare serpå att ha hjälp och stöd

Sociologisk Forskning

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-51

  Hammarstrodiem, Gunhild ^a   Torres, Sandra ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dependency; Elderly; Home help care recipients; Independence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047130150     PISSN: 00380342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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