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Towards a model of externalisation and denationalisation of care? The role of female migrant care workers for dependent older people in Spain

¿Hacia un modelo de externalización y desnacionalización del cuidado? El papel de las mujeres migrantes cuidadoras de personas dependientes mayores en España

Pages 45-61 | Published online: 05 May 2011

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