Trade in health-related services

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9663, 2009, Pages 593-601

  Smith, Richard D ^a   Chanda, Rupa ^b   Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^c  

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

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPATHOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 59749099633     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61778-X     Document Type: Review

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