Sibling influence on care given by children to older parents

Research on Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 739-759

  Tolkacheva, Natalia ^a   van Groenou, Marjolein Broese ^a   van Tilburg, Theo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

caregiving; intergenerational relations; siblings; solidarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957880316     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027510383532     Document Type: Article

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