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Articles

Building Death Literacy Through Last Aid: An Examination of Agency, Ambivalence and Gendered Informal Caregiving Within the Swedish Welfare State

Pages 76-90 | Received 08 Sep 2022, Accepted 11 Apr 2023, Published online: 26 Apr 2023

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