Meanings in policy: A textual analysis of Canada's 'Achieving Health for All' document

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1611-1621

  Iannantuono, Adele ^a   Eyles, John ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Health promotion; Policy language; Textual analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; LANGUAGE; RESPONSIBILITY;

AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0030925805     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00255-9     Document Type: Article

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