Barriers to addressing the social determinants of health: Insights from the Canadian experience

Health Policy

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 222-235

  Raphael, Dennis ^a   Curry Stevens, Ann ^b   Bryant, Toba ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Politics and ideology; Public policy; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; NORTH AMERICA; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLITICS; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 56949092774     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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