Abstract
Women are in demand from all sides in the 1990s: employers want them to work, children want them at home and the rapidly ageing population means that elderly and sick relatives need them as carers (unpaid nurses or helpers).
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© 1992 Anna Eckersley
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Eckersley, A. (1992). Carers. In: Women. In Business Now. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12402-2_6
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