Who will care for our parents? Changing boundaries of family and public roles in providing care for the aged in urban China

Care Management Journals

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-46

  Zhang, Hong ^a  

^a Colby College   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging population; Community service; Family care; Institutional care; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNITY CARE; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34248650171     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/152109807780494087     Document Type: Article

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