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Friendship – the proper focus of care?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Jan Reed  and
Jane MacMillan
Jan Reed*
Affiliation:
Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Jane MacMillan
Affiliation:
Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
*
Jan Reed, Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle, 21 Claremont Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AA, UK.
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , May 1995 , pp. 229 - 237
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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