Financial payments for family carers: Policy approaches and debates

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 185-206

  Keefe, Janice ^a,b   Glendinning, Caroline ^c   Fancey, Pamela ^a  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Centre on Aging   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959708682     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203837986     Document Type: Chapter

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