The 'regulated death': A documentary analysis of the regulation and inspection of dying and death in English care homes for older people

Ageing and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-247

  Froggatt, Katherine ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; Documentary analysis; Dying and death; Older people; Regulation and inspection

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; SOCIAL POLICY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847068765     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06005460     Document Type: Article

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