Globalisation and medicine in Trinidad

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 536-550

  Reznik, David L ^a   Murphy, John W ^b   Belgrave, Linda Liska ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Globalisation; Medicine; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOLOGY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMERCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34247571351     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01000.x     Document Type: Review

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