'Decipio': Examining Virchow in the context of modern 'democracy'

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 303-307

  Reilly, R Gregory ^a   McKee, Martin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Advocacy; Democracy; Health; History of medicine; Policy; Politics; Public health; Rudolf virchow; Social medicine; UK

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; EMPOWERMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFORM PROCESS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STATE ROLE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DECEPTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GREECE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN RELATION; LAW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; PUBLIC FIGURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

DEMOCRACY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84858792287     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.12.010     Document Type: Review

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