The Internationalization of Long Term Care Provision: Economics and Strategy

Global Social Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-67

  Holden, Chris ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

internationalization; long term care; privatization; welfare services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993740373     PISSN: 14680181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468018102002001094     Document Type: Article

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