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The effectiveness of community care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

David Challis
David Challis*
Affiliation:
Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
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David Challis, Reader in Social Work and Social Care and Assistant Director, Personal Social Services Research Unit, Cornwallis Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF, UK.
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Social and psychological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , February 1993 , pp. 97 - 104
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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