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Sending people to care homes in lower‐income countries: a qualified defence

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2022
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de Vries, B. (2022). Sending people to care homes in lower‐income countries: a qualified defence. Bioethics, 36(1), 85–92. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12948

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In recent years, a proportion of older Germans has been sent to relatively high-end care homes within lower-income countries where the care tends to be cheaper and more extensive than that in German care homes. Destination countries are found predominantly within Eastern Europe (e.g. Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic), but to a lesser extent also within South-East Asia (e.g. Thailand). At the same time, these expatriations have caused much controversy, with some German commentators calling them ‘inhumane’ and ‘shameful’. In this article

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  • de Vries, Bouke
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36

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1

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85

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92

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Health Policy, Philosophy, Health (social science)

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English

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2022-01-01

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2021-12-21

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0269-9702

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115 since deposited on 2021-12-21
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de Vries, B. (2022). Sending people to care homes in lower‐income countries: a qualified defence. Bioethics, 36(1), 85–92. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12948

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