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Quotation by Tish Sommers
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Tish Sommers (2)Additional Sources
"Who Takes Care of Our Parents?" as quoted in The Utne Reader (April 1990)Related Subjects
child development, parents' understanding of (2) families (2) adolescence (2) adolescent and adult relationships, general (2) adult children, parents on their (1) advice to children (1) parent education, general (1) parent education, historical perspectives (1) adult children on their parents, general (1) family policy (1)
The duty of caring for failing elderly relatives is more than a family matter, a personal dilemma, or a sex equity issue. Basically, it is a problem of how our society views old and disabled people. With the growing numbers of chronically ill, it can no longer be some other family's tragedy. Eventually we must face hard questions, as individuals and as a nation.
Tish Sommers (20th century), U.S. writer, and Laurie Shields (20th century), U.S. writer. "Who Takes Care of Our Parents?" As quoted in The Utne Reader (April 1990).
Excerpted from the book Women Take Care: The Consequences of Caregiving in Today's Society (1987).
Excerpted from the book Women Take Care: The Consequences of Caregiving in Today's Society (1987).
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