Barriers and opportunities for developing sustainable relationships for health improvement: The case of public health and primary care in the UK

Critical Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-88

  Shaw, Sara ^a   Ashcroft, John ^b   Petchey, Roland ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Relationships Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33744815390     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590600602229     Document Type: Article

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