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The formation of social networks
 — self help, mutual aid and old people in contemporary Britain
Author(s)G Clare Wenger
Journal titleJournal of Aging Studies, vol 7, no 1, Spring 1993
Pagespp 25-40
KeywordsSelf help organisations ; Informal care ; The Family ; Friends.
AnnotationLooks at how support networks are formed, presents a network typology, outlines the nature of self-help and mutual aid in the lives of elderly people and shows the relationship between support network type and styles of self-help and mutual aid.
Accession NumberCPA-930930057 A
ClassmarkPQ: P6: SJ: SX

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