New communities, new relations: The impact of community organization on health outcomes

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1928-1941

  Durie, Robin ^a   Wyatt, Katrina ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community regeneration; Complexity theory; Health outcomes; Problems; Relations; UK

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34848893311     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.039     Document Type: Article

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