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Developing a Political Economy of Drugs and Older People

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Chris Phillipson
Chris Phillipson
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Professor of Applied Social Studies and Social Gerontology, Department of Applied Social Studies & Social Work, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, U.K.
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Ageing & Society , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , December 1989 , pp. 431 - 440
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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