Managing public health care policy: Who's being forgotten?

Health Policy

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 348-358

  Brunton, Margaret ^a   Jordan, Claire ^a   Fouche, Christa ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Health policy; Informal caregiving; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 57049157163     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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