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I've been talking with a reporter who's doing a story on NPR about the
extent to which friends and co-workers may be taking on support roles that
used to be fulfilled by kin.  If anyone has relevant research (either
illustrating or countering the idea), please send cites....

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Department of Sociology
Duke University
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