In defence of the NHS: Why writing to the House of Lords was necessary

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7827, 2011, Pages

  McKee, Martin ^a   Pollock, Allyson M ^b   Clarke, Aileen ^c   McCoy, David ^d,e   Middleton, John ^d   Raine, Rosalind ^e   Scott Samuel, Alex ^f  

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

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d Inner North West London Primary Care Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; LAW; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; POLITICS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84859005028     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d6535     Document Type: Short Survey

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