Welfare and long-term care in the East and West: Cross-national inequalities

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 167-181

  Lisa Chen, Henglien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly people; England; Long term care; Taiwan; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956173759     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443331011033355     Document Type: Article

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