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Daughters-in-law as caregivers
— how and why do they come to care? | | Author(s) | Nancy Guberman |
| Journal title | Journal of Women & Aging, vol 11, no 1, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 85-102 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Women as carers ; Relations by marriage ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | This exploratory qualitative study examines the family dynamics and socio-structural factors which explain how and why some women become caregivers to in-laws. It also explores prevailing attitudes about care by in-laws. Material is drawn retrospectively from three previous studies of caregivers in Montreal, Quebec, including 10 semi-structured interviews with daughters-in-law and 72 interviews with spousal and child caregivers. An explanatory framework of the factors which are determinant in become a daughter-in-law caregiver is proposed, which includes such elements as: social and cultural norms regarding the place and the rights of older people; and rules of family relations, couple dynamics, gender dynamics, and family availability. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990518211 A |
| Classmark | P6:SH: SWH: 3F: 7S |
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