Limitations of quantitative research in the study of structural adjustment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-324

  Lundy, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health underdevelopment; Jamaica; Qualitative methods; Quantitative; Structural adjustment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY;

DATA RELIABILITY; DEBT CRISIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTHCARE PROVISION; METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEM; POLICY IMPACT; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMME;

JAMAICA;

EID: 0029667886     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00153-0     Document Type: Article

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