The health care crisis in the United States: A call to action

Health and Social Work

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-57

  Redmond, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035257956     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/26.1.54     Document Type: Review

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