Disempowered doctors? A relational view of public health policy implementation in urban India

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-92

  Sheikh, Kabir ^a   Porter, John D H ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

discourse; HIV testing; implementation; India; Medical practitioners; policy analysis; power; public health guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; PHYSICIAN; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

HEALTH POLICY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78650859582     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czq023     Document Type: Article

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