Long-Term care in Sweden: Trends, actors, and consequences

Reforms in Long-Term Care Policies in Europe: Investigating Institutional Change and Social Impacts

Volumn 9781461445029, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-78

  Meagher, Gabrielle ^a   Szebehely, Marta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84933514438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4502-9_3     Document Type: Chapter

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