Offspring caring for their elderly parents: The effect of social support and gender-role orientation on these caregivers' well-being

Illness Crisis and Loss

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-201

  Ron, Pnina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Family relations; Gender role orientation; Internal resource

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749129097     PISSN: 10541373     EISSN: 15526968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IL.16.3.a     Document Type: Article

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