"Choice" in filial care work: Moving beyond a dichotomy

Canadian Review of Sociology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-252

  Funk, Laura M ^a   Kobayashi, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT CHILD; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 73949106777     PISSN: 17556171     EISSN: 1755618X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618X.2009.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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