'Mutual aid' beyond formal institutions: Integrated home care in Japan

Current Sociology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 538-550

  Matsushige, Takuya ^a   Tsuisui, Takako ^a   Otaga, Masaaki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b National Rehabilitation Centre for Persons with Disabilities   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coordination between formal and informal care; health policy; integrated home care; Japan; long term care; mutual aid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862648027     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392112438336     Document Type: Article

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