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Fictive kin as a component of the social networks of older people
Author(s)Hazel MacCrae
Journal titleResearch on Aging, vol 14, no 2, June 1992
Pagespp 226-247
KeywordsFriendship ; Informal care.
AnnotationLooks at the notion that individuals who have no kin tend to substitute for missing relatives by converting close friends into quasi-kin, and looks at the importance of this given current demographic trends indicating the reduction of 'real' family ties for the elderly.
Accession NumberCPA-930509006 A
ClassmarkDS:SX: P6

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