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Scandalous care: interpreting public enquiry reports of scandals in residential care

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Scandalous care: interpreting public enquiry reports of scandals in residential care. / Clough, Roger.
In: Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, Vol. 10, No. 1-2, 1999, p. 13-27.

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Clough, R 1999, 'Scandalous care: interpreting public enquiry reports of scandals in residential care', Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, vol. 10, no. 1-2, pp. 13-27. https://doi.org/10.1300/J084v10n01_02

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Clough, R. (1999). Scandalous care: interpreting public enquiry reports of scandals in residential care. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 10(1-2), 13-27. https://doi.org/10.1300/J084v10n01_02

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Clough R. Scandalous care: interpreting public enquiry reports of scandals in residential care. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect. 1999;10(1-2):13-27. doi: 10.1300/J084v10n01_02

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Clough, Roger. / Scandalous care : interpreting public enquiry reports of scandals in residential care. In: Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect. 1999 ; Vol. 10, No. 1-2. pp. 13-27.

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