Termination of the leprosy isolation policy in the US and Japan: Science, policy changes, and the garbage can model

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Sato, Hajime ^a   Frantz, Janet E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; LEPROSY; LEPROSY CONTROL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PROCESS MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17944377479     PISSN: 1472698X     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-5-3     Document Type: Article

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