Thirty years on from Alma-Ata: Where have we come from? Where are we going?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 556, 2008, Pages 798-804

  Greenhalgh, Trisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 56249119891     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp08X342679     Document Type: Article

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