From commodity to community in nursing homes: An impossibility?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 925-937

  McLean, Athena ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 33750490088     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06005095     Document Type: Article

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