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Foisted upon the government? : state responsibilities, family obligations, and the care of the dependent aged in late nineteenth-century Ontario /

While government officials in the 1890s claimed that forcing families to take responsibility for caring for the aged was in the interest of the elderly, Edgar-Andre Montigny reveals that government policy had more to do with saving money than a desire to serve the aged. He provides a harsh critique...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Montigny, Edgar-AndrØ̧e
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1997.
Series:McGill-Queen's/Hannah Institute studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 6.
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