The ghost of health services past: Comparing British health policy of the 1930s with the 1980s and 1990s

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 253-268

  Powell, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORICAL COMPARISON; SOCIAL PLANNING; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

UK;

EID: 0029669739     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/22WE-G83L-R0P2-GVC5     Document Type: Review

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