Health Inequalities and Informal Care
Published 1 January 2004
Michael Hirst
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particularly grateful to Hazel Qureshi for supervising the project and to members of the project advisory group for advice and guidance on the research, and for reading draft reports and offering valuable comments. Christine McGuire was responsible for
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