What cost the price of a good send off? The challenges for British state funeral policy

Journal of Poverty and Social Justice

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-89

  Foster, Liam ^a   Woodthorpe, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Funeral Payment; Funerals; Social Fund

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878526296     PISSN: 17598273     EISSN: 17598281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/175982712X657145     Document Type: Article

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