Sharing the work: Care networks of frail seniors in Canada

Aging and Caring at the Intersection of Work and Home Life: Blurring the Boundaries

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 165-183

  Keating, Norah ^a   Dosman, Donna ^a   Swindle, Jennifer ^a   Fast, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 77954749827     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203837986     Document Type: Chapter

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