National identity and the challenge of health reform in Canada

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 359-375

  Forget, Evelyn L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health care; Health economics; Medicare; Neo liberalism; Reform; Social values

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036752107     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034676021000013368     Document Type: Review

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