Middle-Aged puerto rican women as primary caregivers to the elderly: A qualitative analysis of everyday dynamics

Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Challenges for Culturally Competent Research and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2021, Pages 75-97

  Sánchez Ayéndez, Melba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

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