Relationships between Adults and their Aging Parents

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 219-232

  Fingerman, Karen L ^a   Birditt, Kira S ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-380882-0.00014-0     Document Type: Chapter

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