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Yes to Home Care, but Don't Forget Older Canadians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2010

Réjean Hébert*
Affiliation:
Scientific Director, Institute of Aging, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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Requests for offprints should be sent to: / Les demandes de tirés-a-part doivent être adressées à: Réjean Hébert, MD MPhil, 1036, Belvédère Sud, Sherbrooke, QCJ1H 4C4. (rejean.hebert@Usherbrooke.ca)
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Abstract

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Type
Editorials: Perspectives on the Romanow Commission Report/Éditoriaux : Perspectives sur le Rapport de la Commission Romanow
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2003

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