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Cultural contexts of care
 — family caregiving for elderly in America and Africa
Author(s)Patricia Draper, Jennie Keith
Journal titleJournal of Aging Studies, vol 6, no 2, Summer 1992
Pagespp 113-134
KeywordsFamily care ; Social pressures ; United States of America ; Botswana.
AnnotationCompares caretaking in an American and an African community. The differences in manner and frequency of caretaking are examined from the point of view of economic and social differences, and the role of cultural values in shaping relations between generation is discussed.
Accession NumberCPA-940923202 A
ClassmarkP6:SJ: TM7: 7T: 7PE

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