Family as failure? The role of informal help-givers to disabled people in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-49

  Grassman, Eva Jeppsson ^a   Whitaker, Anna ^a   Larsson, Annika Taghizadeh ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disability; Family; Family care; Informal care; Informal help givers; Long term illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978928402     PISSN: 15017419     EISSN: 17453011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15017410802253518     Document Type: Article

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