Severe health and social care issues among British migrants who retire to Spain

Ageing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 769-783

  Hardill, Irene ^a   Spradbery, Jacqui ^b   Arnold Boakes, Judy ^c   Marrugat, Maria Luisa ^d  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AGE UK   (United Kingdom)

^c Age Concern España   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

Author keywords

European Union; Health and wellbeing; Retirement migration; Spain; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; RETIREMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24944560914     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X05004034     Document Type: Article

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