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Health care policies in the UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Nick Bosanquet  and
Anna Zajdler
Nick Bosanquet*
Affiliation:
St Mary's Hospital Medical School/Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, UK
Anna Zajdler
Affiliation:
St Mary's Hospital Medical School/Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, UK
*
Nick Bosanquet, Professor of Health Policy, Health Policy Unit, Department of General Practice, Lisson Grove Health Centre, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EG, UK.
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Social and psychological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , November 1993 , pp. 399 - 405
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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