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Grandmothers as Caregivers: Raising Children of the Crack Cocaine Epidemic (Family Caregiver Applications series) by Minkler, Meredith, Roe, Kathleen M. is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Grandmothers as Caregivers: Raising Children of the Crack Cocaine Epidemic (Family Caregiver Applications series) about?
Based on the first major study of black grandmothers who, as a consequence of the cocaine epidemic, raise young grandchildren, this volume examines: the social and cultural contexts within which grandparent caregiving takes place; the roles and responsibilities of grandparents; how the role of caregiver changes their lives; the cost of caregiving in terms of health, economics and employment; and the role of social support networks.
Who reads Grandmothers as Caregivers: Raising Children of the Crack Cocaine Epidemic (Family Caregiver Applications series)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Minkler, Meredith, Roe, Kathleen M.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, Incorporated
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780803948471
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Social Science, Science, Gerontology
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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