Future of WHO hangs in the balance

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7881, 2012, Pages

  Legge, David ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CIVIL RIGHTS; DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84868316805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e6877     Document Type: Article

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