Embodying the ideal carer: The Austrian discourse on migrant carers

International Journal of Ageing and Later Life

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 17-52

  Weicht, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Austria; Care; Discourse; Fictive kin; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951575341     PISSN: 16528670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.105217     Document Type: Article

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