'He was your father, he raised you': Examining helping professionals' narratives on filial piety in Singapore

Qualitative Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 661-676

  Rozario, Philip ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical social work; filial responsibility; Foucault; income security; surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870028498     PISSN: 14733250     EISSN: 17413117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473325011413000     Document Type: Article

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