In search of social equipoise

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7918, 2013, Pages

  Petticrew, M ^a   McKee, M ^a   Lock, K ^a   Green, J ^a   Phillips, G ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EQUIPOISE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGAL EVIDENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; THERAPEUTIC EQUIPOISE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84880878147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f4016     Document Type: Article

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