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The Quality of Life in Institutions for Elderly People*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Martin Knapp
Martin Knapp
Affiliation:
Personal Social Services Research UnitUniversity of Kent at Canterbury, England
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Ageing & Society , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , July 1981 , pp. 297 - 304
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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