Last rights? Funerals, poverty and social exclusion

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 507-524

  Drakeford, Mark ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVERTY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032232501     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279498005376     Document Type: Article

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