Burden and Gender inequalities around Informal Care
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[Informal care: burden or significant experience?].
A review of the scientific literature devoted to informal care of demented people has shown two ways of conceiving this form of help. The oldest and dominant one sees caregiving as a burden; the more recent and less frequently reported perceives caregiving as a significant experience for the caregiver but also for the care receiver. This paper will focus on this second perspective, and describe...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Investigación y Educación en Enfermería
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2216-0280,0120-5307
DOI: 10.17533/udea.iee.v38n1e10