The care of the elderly in Japan

The Care of the Elderly in Japan

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-226

  Wu, Yongmei ^a  

^a BEIJING FOREIGN STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203333037     Document Type: Book

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