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Ageing with telecare: care or coercion in austerity?

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Ageing with telecare: care or coercion in austerity? / Mort, Margaret; Roberts, Celia; Callen, Blanca.
In: Sociology of Health and Illness, Vol. 35, No. 6, 07.2013, p. 799-812.

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Mort M, Roberts C, Callen B. Ageing with telecare: care or coercion in austerity? Sociology of Health and Illness. 2013 Jul;35(6):799-812. Epub 2012 Oct 25. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01530.x

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Mort, Margaret ; Roberts, Celia ; Callen, Blanca. / Ageing with telecare : care or coercion in austerity?. In: Sociology of Health and Illness. 2013 ; Vol. 35, No. 6. pp. 799-812.

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