Lessons from local engagement in Latin American health systems

Health Expectations

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-418

  Meads, Geoffrey D ^a   Griffiths, Frances E ^b   Goode, Sarah D ^a   Iwami, Michiyo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Latin America; Participation; Policy; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 35748937607     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2007.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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