Addressing the failings of public health systems: Should the private sector be an instrument of choice?

Social Policy in a Developing World

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 101-124

  Doherty, Jane ^a   McIntyre, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 84881717683     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849809931.00013     Document Type: Chapter

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