Home is where the governing is: Social capital and regional health governance

Health and Place

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Veenstra, Gerry ^a   Lomas, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Governance; Health policy; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IDENTITY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0344450774     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(98)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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