The perils of polycentric governance of infectious disease in South Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 676-684

  Lieberman, Evan S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Decentralization; Governance; HIV AIDS; Infectious disease; Polycentric; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DECENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; POLYCENTRIC GOVERNANCE; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; POLITICS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80051911748     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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