Window work: Screen-based eldercare and professional precarity at the welfare frontier

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Window work : Screen-based eldercare and professional precarity at the welfare frontier. / Grünenberg, Kristina; Hillersdal, Line; Winther, Jonas.

In: International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2022, p. 23-50.

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Harvard

Grünenberg, K, Hillersdal, L & Winther, J 2022, 'Window work: Screen-based eldercare and professional precarity at the welfare frontier', International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 23-50. https://doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.3541

APA

Grünenberg, K., Hillersdal, L., & Winther, J. (2022). Window work: Screen-based eldercare and professional precarity at the welfare frontier. International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 15(2), 23-50. https://doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.3541

Vancouver

Grünenberg K, Hillersdal L, Winther J. Window work: Screen-based eldercare and professional precarity at the welfare frontier. International Journal of Ageing and Later Life. 2022;15(2):23-50. https://doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.3541

Author

Grünenberg, Kristina ; Hillersdal, Line ; Winther, Jonas. / Window work : Screen-based eldercare and professional precarity at the welfare frontier. In: International Journal of Ageing and Later Life. 2022 ; Vol. 15, No. 2. pp. 23-50.

Bibtex

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