The invisibles: Unpaid caregivers of the elderly

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Carmeli, Eli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly population; Family caregivers; Health policy; Health services accessibility; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029327773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00069     Document Type: Article

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