Placing elderly parents in institutions in urban China: A reinterpretation of filial piety

Research on Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 543-571

  Zhan, Heying Jenny ^a   Xiaotian Feng, ^b   Baozhen Luo, ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; China; Elder care; Filial piety; Institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 49049109830     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027508319471     Document Type: Article

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