Health inequalities and new labour: How the promises compare with real progress

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7498, 2005, Pages 1016-1021

  Shaw, Mary ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a   Dorling, Danny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; POLITICS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 18044391077     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7498.1016     Document Type: Review

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