Family Relationships in Later Life

✍ Scribed by Timothy H. Brubaker

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Year: 1990
Tongue: English
Leaves: 323
Series: SAGE Focus Editions Ser.
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Directed towards researchers and practitioners in family studies and gerontology, this completely revised Second Edition of Family Relationships in Later Life provides an innovative new collection of research-based descriptions on family relations of older people. Each chapter summarizes existing literature on the topic and provides up-to-date original research. Topics addressed include: sibling relationships in later life; widowhood; ethnic differences; elder abuse and mistreatment; family care; and health problems.

✦ Subjects

Older people - Family relationships -

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