Doing better? Religion, the virtue-ethics of development, and the fragmentation of health politics in Tanzania

Africa Today

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-110

  Dilger, Hansjörg ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ETHICS; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 70350347297     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2979/aft.2009.56.1.88     Document Type: Article

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