Senses of care: Embodying inequality and sustaining personhood in the home care of older adults in Chicago

American Ethnologist

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 637-650

  Buch, Elana D ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body; Care; Independence; Inequality; Morality; Personhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887147367     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/amet.12044     Document Type: Article

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