Panamanian grandmothers' family relationships and adjustment to having a grandchild with a disability

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-320

  Gardner, J Emmett ^a   Scherman, Avraham ^a   Efthimiadis, Maria S ^a   Shultz, Shelli K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; PANAMA; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; PANAMA; PARENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9444277814     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/L60R-MF1N-98AV-TMV3     Document Type: Review

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