Introduction: Space, place and the geographies of women's caregiving work

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-247

  Williams, Allison ^a   Crooks, Valorie ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Care settings; Caregiving; Women's work

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH CARE; INFORMAL SECTOR; NEOLIBERALISM; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 46249123126     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690801996254     Document Type: Article

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