Changing policies, changing patterns of care: Danish and Swedish home care at the crossroads

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-109

  Rostgaard, Tine ^a   Szebehely, Marta ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

De familialisation; Denmark; Home care; Informalisation; Marketisation; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862263984     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-011-0209-1     Document Type: Article

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