Family Caregiver Role and Burden Related to Gender and Family Relationships

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 313-336

  Friedemann, Marie Luise ^a   Buckwalter, Kathleen C ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

adult children; elderly; family caregivers; gender roles; multicultural; quantitative research; spouse caregivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905091233     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840714532715     Document Type: Article

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