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- Title
Laws on filial support in four Asian countries.
- Authors
Serrano, Ray; Saltmana, Richard; Ming-Jui Yeh
- Abstract
The article presents filial support laws in Bangladesh, China, India, and Singapore in 1995-2013. Topics discussed the laws' placement of duties for adult children to financially support parents with no economic means, a government' system for determining need, the assignment of responsibilities based on traditional reciprocity, and the challenges of implementing filial support laws. Also noted is the better perspective of family members in assessing and addressing old people's needs.
- Subjects
ASIA; PUBLIC welfare laws; PUBLIC welfare; ADULT children; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; CHILDREN of people with mental illness; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2017, Vol 95, Issue 11, p788
- ISSN
0042-9686
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2471/BLT.17.200428