The assault on universalism: How to destroy the welfare state

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7837, 2011, Pages

  McKee, Martin ^a   Stuckler, David ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAX; UNITED STATES; WAR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ECONOMICS; POLITICS; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCOME TAX; POLITICS; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84455206116     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7973     Document Type: Review

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