Gender Issues and Japanese Family‐Centered Caregiving for Frail Elderly Parents or Parents‐in‐Law in Modern Japan: From the Sociocultural and Historical Perspectives
Open Access
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Public Health Nursing
- Vol. 17 (1) , 25-31
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1446.2000.00025.x
Abstract
This paper presents a sociocultural and historical literature review of gender related issues associated with family‐centered caregiving for frail, elderly relatives in modern Japan. Issues addressed from a Japanese perspective are (a) women and social norms of caregiving, (b) feminine identity and caregiving, (c) women in the workforce, and (d) women and caregiving. Implications for research are also discussed.Keywords
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