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September 01 2007
The social context of death in old age
Glennys Howarth
Glennys Howarth
Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2042-8790
Print ISSN: 1366-3666
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2007
Working with Older People (2007) 11 (3): 17–20.
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Howarth G (2007), "The social context of death in old age". Working with Older People, Vol. 11 No. 3 pp. 17–20, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/13663666200700045
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