Ideas and ideals: ethical basis of health reform in Mexico

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9673, 2009, Pages 1406-1408

  Frenk, Julio ^a   Gómez Dantés, Octavio ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CARE;

EID: 64949092687     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60800-X     Document Type: Note

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