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Women's perspectives on informal care of the elderly
 — public ideology and personal experiences of giving and receiving care
Author(s)Jane Aronson
Journal titleAgeing and Society, vol 10, part 1, March 1990
Pagespp 61 - 84
KeywordsOlder women ; Informal care ; Women ; Canada.
AnnotationDrawing on a qualitative study of 32 women aged between 35 and 85, this paper links women's experiences of giving and receiving care in the informal sphere to their wider social and ideological context. Whilst subjects subscribed to cultural assumptions about families, responsibility, gender and old age, they experienced awkwardness in translating them into their own lives. (KJ).
Accession NumberCPA-900612021 A
ClassmarkBD: P6: SH: 7S

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