The Swedish model: Current trends and challenges for the future

Long-Term Care: Matching Resources and Needs

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 119-128

  Thorslund, Mats ^a  

^a AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

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EID: 85148155525     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781351153560-9     Document Type: Chapter

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