What the papers say: Reading therapeutic landscapes of women's health and empowerment in Uganda

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-115

  MacKian, Sara C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Health; Newspapers; Therapeutic landscapes; Uganda; Women

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE; LANDSCAPE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 35348990923     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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