The public health implications of world trade negotiations on the general agreement on trade in services and public services

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9389, 2003, Pages 1072-1075

  Pollock, Allyson M ^a   Price, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COURT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MARKET; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0141760419     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14419-4     Document Type: Note

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