Cancer and health policy: The postcode lottery of care

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-48

  Bungay, Hilary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographical inequality; Health policy; National Cancer Plan; The NHS

Indexed keywords

CANCER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13244252579     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2005.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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