My sisters are the problem: Sibling struggles over power and identity in relation to caring for an aging parent

Skeletons in the Closet: A Sociological Analysis of Family Conflicts

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 97-108

  Lashewicz, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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