Development and evaluation of the Arabic Filial Piety scale

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 356-367

  Khalaila, Rabia ^a  

^a The College of Sakhnin for Teacher Education   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab population in Israel; Elder care; Family caregiving; Filial Piety scale; Informal caregivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953819999     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731510369495     Document Type: Article

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