Dr. Kathryn Coe is the author of a chapter in a just released book entitled “Altruism in Cross-Cultural Perspective.” Social support is widely known to be a critical factor in prompting health and mainlining good health practices. In this paper, Dr. Coe and her co-author discuss the fundamentals of social support, kinship and metaphorical kinship, and outline the cultural factors that promote the development of strong social support systems across generations.

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