Wicked Comparisons: Reflections on Cross-national Research about Health Inequalities in the UK

Evaluation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-57

  Blackman, Tim ^a   Hunter, David ^a   Marks, Linda ^a   Harrington, Barbara ^a   Elliott, Eva ^b   Williams, Gareth ^c   Greene, Alex ^d   Mckee, Lorna ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourses; Health inequalities; National comparisons; Performance assessment; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349087638     PISSN: 13563890     EISSN: 14617153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356389009350016     Document Type: Article

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