WHO in 2002: Have the latest reforms reversed WHO's decline?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7372, 2002, Pages 1107-1112

  Yamey, Gavin ^a  

^a BMJ Unified ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; HEALTH SERVICE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PRIORITIES; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037048833     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7372.1107     Document Type: Review

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