'Radical blueprint for social change'? Media representations of New Labour's policies on public health

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 532-552

  Davidson, Rosemary ^a   Hunt, Kate ^a,c   Kitzinger, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health policy; Inequalities in health; Media

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; MASS MEDIUM; POLITICS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; TRADE UNION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIBLIOMETRICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0141890070     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00357     Document Type: Review

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