Privatising healthcare in Malaysia: Power, policy and profts

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-62

  Rasiah, Rajah ^a   Noh, Abdillah ^a   Tumin, Makmor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Malaysia; Policy; Power; Private; Public

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249142990     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472330802506790     Document Type: Article

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