Committed to health for all? How the G7/G8 rate

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1661-1676

  Labonte, Ronald ^a   Schrecker, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Globalization; International health problems; Political economy; Political systems; Poverty; Structural adjustment

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; NUTRITION; POLICY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLITICS;

EID: 3242755757     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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