A fair deal for care in older age? Public attitudes towards the funding of long-term care

Policy and Politics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 431-446

  Deeming, Chris ^a   Keen, Justin ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finance; Long term care; Older people; Survey findings

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0142156547     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557303322439335     Document Type: Article

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