Recent trends in U.S. social welfare policy: Minor retrenchment or major transformation?

Research on Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-316

  Quadagno, Jill ^a   Street, Debra ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare; Social Security; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; GERIATRIC CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICARE; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645461645     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027505285921     Document Type: Conference Paper

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