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Caregiving contexts : cultural, familial, and societal implications
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Caregiving contexts : cultural, familial, and societal implications

Author: Maximiliane Szinovácz; Adam Davey
Publisher: New York : Springer Pub., ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Aufsatzsammlung
Cross-cultural studies
Études transculturelles
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Maximiliane Szinovácz; Adam Davey
ISBN: 9780826102874 0826102875
OCLC Number: 134990057
Description: xv, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: caregiving in context / Adam Davey and Maximiliane E. Szinovacz --
Sociocultural contexts --
Demographic change and the future of informal caregiving / Peter Uhlenberg and Michelle Cheuk --
Choosing between paid elder care and unpaid help from adult children: the role of relative prices in the care decision / Richard W. Johnson --
Commitment to caring: filial responsibility and the allocation of support by adult children to older mothers / Merril Silverstein, Stephen Conroy, and Daphna Gans --
Cross-national variations in elder care: antecedents and outcomes / Ariela Lowenstein, Ruth Katz, and Nurit Gur-Yaish --
Familial contexts --
Spouses caring for spouses: untangling the influences of relationship and gender / Eleanor Palo Stoller and Casey Schroeder Miklowski --
Division of care among adult children / Adam Davey and Maximiliane E. Szinovacz --
Children in caregiving families / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz --
Sociopolitical contexts --
Workplace policies and caregiving / Eliza K. Pavalko, Kathryn A. Henderson, and Amanda Cott --
Caregiving policies in the United States: framing a national agenda / Steven K. Wisensale --
Family care for elders in Europe: policies and practices / Gerdt Sundström ... [et al.] --
Caregiving contexts: implications for research and policy / Maximiliane E. Szinovacz and Adam Davey.
Responsibility: edited by Maximiliane E. Szinovacz and Adam Davey.
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