Health promotion community development and the tyranny of individualism

Health Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-247

  Shiell, A ^a   Hawe, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communitarianism; Economic evaluation; Health promotion; Individualism

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030136396     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199605)5:3<241::AID-HEC197>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Review

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