Surviving social support: Care challenges facing Taiwanese centenarians

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 396-405

  Yang, Pei Shan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asian concept of elder care; Social support; Taiwan Centenarian Study; The oldest old

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881552742     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijsw.12004     Document Type: Article

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