When do korean-american dementia caregivers find meaning in caregiving?: The role of culture and differences between spouse and child caregivers

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-86

  Youjung, Lee ^a   Bronstein, Laura R ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child caregivers; Culture; Dementia caregiving; Korean american; Resilience; Spouse caregivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951494635     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15313200903547756     Document Type: Article

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