Policy without politics: The limits of social engineering

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-67

  Navarro, Vicente ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFANT MORTALITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037221699     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.1.64     Document Type: Review

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