Austerity: A failed experiment on the people of Europe

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 346-350

  McKee, Martin ^a,b   Karanikolos, Marina ^a,b   Belcher, Paul ^c   Stuckler, David ^d  

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

^b EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; LAW; LEADERSHIP; MARKET; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84865452838     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-4-346     Document Type: Note

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