Family as failure? The role of informal help-givers to disabled people in Sweden

Eva Jeppsson Grassman; Anna Whitaker; Annika Taghizadeh Larsson

doi:10.1080/15017410802253518

Family as failure? The role of informal help-givers to disabled people in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 11 (2009): Issue 1

By: Eva Jeppsson Grassman, Anna Whitaker and Annika Taghizadeh Larsson

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|Apr 2009

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017410802253518 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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Language: English

Page range: 35 - 49

Submitted on: Jun 18, 2007

Published on: Apr 1, 2009

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Keywords:

family,

family care,

informal care,

informal help-givers,

long-term illness,

disability

© 2009 Eva Jeppsson Grassman, Anna Whitaker, Annika Taghizadeh Larsson, published by Stockholm University Press
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