Knowledge, legitimacy and economic practice in informal markets for medicine: A critical review of research

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1593-1600

  Cross, Jamie ^a   MacGregor, Hayley Nan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Africa; Expertise; Informal providers; Markets; Medicine vendors; Quality; Review; South Asia

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEDICINE; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL EXPERT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MARKETING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

AFRICA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 77957718318     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.07.040     Document Type: Article

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