Ideas and Discourse: Reform and Resistance in the Canadian and German Health Systems

Canadian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 715-739

  Bhatia, Vandna ^a   Coleman, William D ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0242679719     PISSN: 00084239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0008423903778822     Document Type: Review

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