Power to the partners?: The politics of public-private health partnerships

Development

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 49-56

  Buse, Kent ^a   Harmer, Andrew ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elitism; Global health; Governance; Membership; Pluralism

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

EID: 4444356177     PISSN: 10116370     EISSN: 14617072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.development.1100029     Document Type: Article

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