'Popular' health and the state: Dialectics of the peace process in El Salvador

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 635-645

  Smith Nonini, Sandy ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health; El Salvador; Health policy; Participatory development; Peace process; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EL SALVADOR; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WAR;

CIVIL DISORDERS; COMMUNISM; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EL SALVADOR; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEGOTIATING; POLITICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PROVISION; HEALTH POLICY; PEACE PROCESS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL POLICY; STATE ROLE;

EL SALVADOR, CHALATENANGO PROVINCE;

EID: 0030618016     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00216-X     Document Type: Article

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