Respect and reciprocity: Care of elderly people in rural Ghana
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
- Vol. 17 (1) , 3-31
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1014843004627
Abstract
This article deals with ideas and practices ofcare of elderly people in a rural Kwahucommunity of Ghana. It is part of a largerproject on social and cultural meanings ofgrowing old. Four questions...Keywords
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