Prioritizing parental autonomy: Adult children's accounts of feeling responsible and supporting aging parents

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-64

  Funk, Laura M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 70350707616     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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