The yoke of care: How parents and parents-in-law experience, understand and respond to adult children's gambling problems

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 59-68

  Patford, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult children; Gambling; Parents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; E-MAIL; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; TELEPHONE;

EID: 37149056299     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY07039     Document Type: Article

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