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Volume 24, 2017 - Issue 5: Ageing in Transnational Contexts: Transforming Everyday Practices and identities in Later Life, Guest Editors: Lena Näre, Katie Walsh and Loretta Baldassar
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‘More like a daughter than an employee’: the kinning process between migrant care workers, elderly care receivers and their extended families

Loretta BaldassarSchool of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Laura FerreroUniversity of Turin, Turin, ItalyORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1525-3073
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Lucia PortisUniversity of Turin, Turin, ItalyORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5464-7059
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Pages 524-541 | Received 10 Oct 2015, Accepted 22 Feb 2017, Published online: 02 Oct 2017

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