Combining work and care: Carers' decision-making in the context of competing policy pressures

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-18

  Arksey, Hilary ^a   Glendinning, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Employment; Informal carers; Policy; Rural

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR PARTICIPATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37849013466     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2007.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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