One step forward, one step back: Quebec's 2003-04 health and social services regionalization policy

Canadian Public Administration

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-488

  Martin, Elisabeth ^a   Pomey, Marie Pascale ^b   Forest, Pierre Gerlier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Trudeau Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL WORK;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUEBEC; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 78649520047     PISSN: 00084840     EISSN: 17547121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-7121.2010.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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