Consumer-driven health care: Answer to global competition or threat to social justice?

Social Work

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-315

  Owen, Carol L ^a  

^a SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Consumer driven health care; Health savings accounts; Social justice; Social work ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950780353     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/54.4.307     Document Type: Article

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