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‘Pathways to choice’ of care setting

Sarah Hillcoat-Nalletamby

Ageing and Society, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 277 - 306

Swansea University Author: Sarah Hillcoat-Nalletamby

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DOI (Published version): 10.1017/s0144686x17000940

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This article offers critical reflections of the "rational choice" approach as an explanatory framework for understanding choices made by older citizens regarding their health and social care requirements. The author develops an interpretive framework to help analyse older people's cho...

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Published in: Ageing and Society
ISSN: 0144-686X 1469-1779
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2019
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