Politics, class actors, and health sector reform in Brazil and Yenezuela

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-67

  Mahmood, Qamar ^a   Muntaner, Carles ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Equity; Governance; Participation; Policy; Politics; Power; Social justice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAZIL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; VENEZUELA;

BRAZIL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84887532027     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975913476902     Document Type: Article

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