Popular Participation in Venezuela's Barrio Adentro Health Reform

Globalizations

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 815-833

  Mahmood, Qamar ^a   Muntaner, Carles ^b,c   del Valle Mata León, Rosicar ^d,e   Perdomo, Ramón Ernesto ^d,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d Bolivarian University of Venezuela   (Venezuela)

^e María Auxiliadora Street Res Los Pinos Piso 9 apto 93   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

community councils; health reform; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872023898     PISSN: 14747731     EISSN: 1474774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2012.739341     Document Type: Article

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