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Peer reviewedStrong, Catherine – Gerontologist, 1984
Explores how families who care for their elderly relatives view their situations, in semistructured interviews with 10 Indian and 10 White caretakers of ill elderly relatives in the rural northwest. Results implied that cultural background influences the meaning of caretaking and that both affect the coping strategies selected. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adult Development, American Indians, Coping, Cross Cultural Studies
