Preventing disease or helping the struggle for emancipation: Does professional public health have a future?

Policy and Politics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 565-576

  Connelly, Jim ^a   Emmel, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Policy; Practice; Public health

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0142137630     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557303322439416     Document Type: Article

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