Has empowerment lost its power?

Health Education Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 742-745

  Woodall, James Raymond ^a   Warwick Booth, Louise ^a   Cross, Ruth ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84864951582     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cys064     Document Type: Review

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