Health inequalities in Scotland and England: the contrasting journeys of ideas from research into policy

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1438-1449

  Smith, Katherine Elizabeth ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial processes; Health inequalities; Ideas; Research policy relations; UK

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; WELFARE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847415420     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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