Systems perspective: Understanding care giving of the elderly in india

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1040-1054

  Gupta, Rashmi ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449591516     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330903199334     Document Type: Article

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