Doing gender and age: The case of informal elderly care in the Czech Republic
This article seeks to describe and explain some of the factors behind the prevalence of women in informal care for seniors. It presents a qualitative study of women who are caring for a frail elderly parent in the Czech Republic. Care is seen as a space where gender and other intersecting identities...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Linköping University Electronic Press
2018-06-01
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Series: | International Journal of Ageing and Later Life |
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Online Access: | https://journal.ep.liu.se/IJAL/article/view/1291 |